1739 CHINESE LETTERS of TRAVELLER 5 VOLUMES antique in FRENCH Philosophy

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Title: 1739 CHINESE LETTERS of TRAVELLER 5 VOLUMES antique in FRENCH Philosophy

Description: Boyer, J.B.M.d'A.
Lettres chinoises, ou Correspondance philosophique, historique et critique entre un Chinois voyageur a Paris et ses correspondans a la Chine, en Moscovie, en Perse et au Japon, par l'auteur des Lettres juives et des Lettres cabalistiques.
(Chinese Letters, or Philosophical, Historical and Critical Correspondence between a Chinese traveller in Paris and his correspondents in China, in Moscow, in Persia and in Japan,
by the author of Jewish Letters and Cabalistic Letters. )
5 volumes
The Hague, Paupie; 1739-40
First edition
Original calf
- The Chinese Letters, which follow the tradition of the pseudo-Roman epistolary novel, comment on contemporary debates in a feuilletonistic manner and are often cited as an early example of journalistic work in the modern sense.
Very good condition, some wear of the leather
Size 4 by 6 1/4"
Text in French

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1739 CHINESE LETTERS of TRAVELLER 5 VOLUMES antique in FRENCH Philosophy

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