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L'alambic moral, ou, Analyse raisonnée de tout ce qui a rapport a l'homme / par l'ami des françois.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DC133 .R852 1773
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rouillé d'Orfeuil, Auguste, author.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophical anthropology--Early works to 1800.
- Philosophical anthropology.
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Conduct of life.
- France--Politics and government--1715-1774--Early works to 1800.
- France.
- Law--Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Law.
- Law--Philosophy.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mersey, John C. Bigham (John Charles Bigham), Viscount, 1840-1929 (bookplate) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- xij, 570, [2] pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Alambic moral
- Analyse raisonnée de tout ce qui a rapport a l'homme
- Fingerprint:
- esu- rae, itme repu (3) 1773 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- A Maroc [that is, Paris] : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXIII [1773]
- Notes:
- By Auguste Rouillé d'Orfeuil. See Barbier.
- False imprint; actually printed in Paris. See Weller.
- Signatures: a⁶ A-2M⁸ 2N⁴ 2O².
- Woodcut tail-pieces.
- Type ornament title ornament, head- and tail-pieces, and factotum.
- Errata on last printed leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books.
- Kislak Center copy has bookplate ("VISCOUNT MERSEY BIGNOR PARK") of John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, on front pastedown; largely illegible oval blue ink stamp ("[...] ADAM [...]") on front free endpaper.
- Kislak Center copy: "Two intaglio slips are pasted into this copy. The first, on the title verso, complains that the author took his manuscript back too quickly resulting in numerous printing errors. The second, on page 551, promises three more works by the author."--Bookseller's description.
- Kislak Center copy: binding: "Contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, corner lilies, flat spine gilt with two green gilt-lettered morocco labels, blue silk pastedowns and flyleaves, all edges gilt, green silk marker."--Bookseller's description.
- Cited in:
- Barbier, A.A. Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes (3. éd.), I, column 88
- Weller, E. Falschen und fingierten Druckorte, II, page 192
- Cioranescu, A. Bibliographie de la littérature française du dix-huitième siècle, 54384
- OCLC:
- 12101110
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