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THE OECONOMY OF HUMAN LIFE

TRANSLATED FROM THE INDIAN MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY AN ANCIENT BRAMIN

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SAID MANUSCRIPT WAS DISCOVERED

IN TWO LETTERS FROM AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN NOW RESIDING IN CHINA TO THE EAST OF

DUBLIN

PRINTED IN THE YEAR MDCCLXIX

Edition 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

THE OECONOMY OF HUMAN LIFE

TRANSLATED FROM THE INDIAN MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY AN ANCIENT BRAMIN

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SAID MANUSCRIPT WAS DISCOVERED

IN TWO LETTERS FROM AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN NOW RESIDING IN CHINA TO THE EAST OF

DUBLIN

PRINTED IN THE YEAR MDCCLXIX

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)+92