[LIGNAC (Louis François Luc)]: Histoire de Laurent MARCEL, o - Lot 221

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[LIGNAC (Louis François Luc)]: Histoire de Laurent MARCEL, o - Lot 221
[LIGNAC (Louis François Luc)]: Histoire de Laurent MARCEL, ou l'observateur sans préjugés. Lille, le Houcq, 1779. 4 volumes. 8.5 by 14.5 cm. (4)-464; (4)-457; (4)-459; (4)-472 pages. Contemporary full marbled basane, 5-rib spine. Minor defects to bindings, especially to headpieces. Fair condition inside. First edition of this long novel in the picaresque tradition, intended to promote Enlightenment values and the sciences. Lignac (1740-1809) was a physician, journalist and writer. He contributed to the Société d'Emulation. He was professor of literature at the Ecole Centrale in Liège, then part of France.
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