Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes by Bougeant, G. H. (Guillaume Hyacinthe), 1690-1743 - MDCCXXXIX. [1739]

Paris, Chez Gissey... Bordelet... Ganeau... MDCCXXXIX. [1739]. Hard Cover. 1 p. l., 157, [158]-[162] pages; 15.5 cm. Cioranescu (18th Cent.) 13210. The book wonders if animals can communicate through the sounds they make and, if so, what this means philosophically / theologically. The Hague reprint of the same year contains an eight-page defence by the Jesuit author of charges which led the book to be proscribed in France. Good+, 19th-century half leather, mottled paper-covered boards. stock#OB460.