THE OECONOMY OF HUMAN LIFE TRANSLATED FROM THE INDIAN MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY AN ANCIENT BRAMIN
by Robert Dodsley (1703-1764)
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- Hardcover
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DUBLIN. Edizione del 1769 di questa celebre opera che conobbe diversi edizioni in tutto il XVIII secolo. Si tratta di una raccolta di aforismi morali raccolti dal libraio Robert Dodsley (1703-1764) sulla base di un antico manoscritto indiano di un bramino. In discrete condizioni ma completo. Copertina in piena pelle coeva con titolo e decorazioni in oro al dorso in discrete condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Rotture alle cerniere: piatto anteriore quasi staccato, posteriore restaurato. Legatura in buone condizioni. Pagine in buone condizioni con fioriture. In 24. Dim. 13,5x8,5 cm. Pp. XV+(1)+54+(6)+92Edition of 1769 of this famous work which was edited different times during the whole 18th century. It is a colelction of moral aphorisms collected by the librarian Robert Dodsley (1703-1764) based on an antique indian manuscript by a bramin. In fair conditions but complete. Full leather coeval cover with golden title and decorations in the spine slightly worn in the edges and spine. Cracks in the hidges: front plate almost detached, back plate restores. Binding in good conditions. Pages in good conditions with foxings. In 24. Dim. 13,5x8,5 cm. Pp. XV+(1)+54+(6)+92
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- Sephora di Elena Serru (IT)
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- Title
- THE OECONOMY OF HUMAN LIFE TRANSLATED FROM THE INDIAN MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY AN ANCIENT BRAMIN
- Author
- Robert Dodsley (1703-1764)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- DUBLIN
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