COYER, M. L'Abbe

Bagatelles Morales. ... ridentem dicere verum Quid vetat ..... Horat

London chez Duchesne, Libraire 1758, 239 p. 17 cm. 3rd ed. revised and corrected. Some attractive capitals and decorations at beginnings of chapters. Hardcover Full leather, minor chip at headband, minor scuffing on cover. An attractive simple binding with some nice tool work on edges. Front hinge cracked. Gabriel Francois, abbe Coyer, was a French man of letters and worldly cleric born in 1707. He studied humanities and philosophy in the Society of Jesus until he left the order in 1736. His many works include a history of the Polish king Jan Sobieski, travel accounts of Holland and Italy, a study of ancient religions, and a popular attack on the guild system. It is said that when he visited Voltaire at Ferney and announced his desire to return each year for three months, Voltaire replied that whereas Don Quixote had mistaken inns for castles, Coyer was mistaking castles for inns. He died in 1782. His work "La Noblesse commercante" precipitated a huge pamphlet war on the question of whether the legal impediments to noblemen engaging in trade should be lifted. (The Commercial Nobility).

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