Lot n° 201
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Jean Puget de LA SERRE. - Lot 201
Jean Puget de LA SERRE.
Grab-Statt der weltlichen Ergötzlichkeiten...
Regensburg and Vienna, 1754, in-12 bound in full rubbed basane.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, a portrait of the author and 5 plates, hors-texte, institution's wet stamp on title.
German edition of Tombeau des délices du monde, by French playwright and historian Jean-Puget de La Serre. First published in 1630, the Tombeau details the temptations and dangers of five types of earthly pleasure. Each chapter is devoted to one of the senses, beginning with sight and ending with touch, explaining the ways in which the vanity of the senses leads to moral and spiritual decadence.
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