35. CLERC (Nicolas-Gabriel). Yu the Great and Confucius, Chi - Lot 35

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35. CLERC (Nicolas-Gabriel). Yu the Great and Confucius, Chi - Lot 35
35. CLERC (Nicolas-Gabriel). Yu the Great and Confucius, Chinese history. Soissons, Ponce Courtois, 1769. In-4, xviii, 701 p., [9] p., marbled fawn basane, spine ribbed and decorated. First edition, dedicated to the grand duke of Russia, containing 8 folded tables out of text. The text by the physician and physiocrat Nicolas-Gabriel Clerc, known as Le Clerc (1726-1798) was composed for the prince at the request of Catherine of Russia. Although Grimm described the work as a "narcotic novel", it contains interesting elements on Chinese philosophy applied to Western thought. Binding damaged, jaws split, one headband removed, corners dull, one of which is worn away, tears without missing on 2 boards, some foxing. (Cordier, 216).
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