TOMPSON (D.)]. HISTORY OF A NEW PEOPLE OR DISCOVERY OF AN IS - Lot 217

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TOMPSON (D.)]. HISTORY OF A NEW PEOPLE OR DISCOVERY OF AN IS - Lot 217
TOMPSON (D.)]. HISTORY OF A NEW PEOPLE OR DISCOVERY OF AN ISLAND at 43 degrees 14 minutes South Latitude by David Tompson, Captain of the ship "The Boston", on his return from China in 1756. Translated from the English. London, at the expense of a Society of Booksellers, 1757. 2 parts of 158 and 138 pages, bound in 1 vol. in-12, blond half calf, smooth spine very ornate, gilt edges (Honnelaître). This imaginary journey of the philosophical school of the 18th century takes place in the "Island of Reason" and ends as follows: "Such is the history of a people who make consist its happiness to have neither Kings who govern them, nor Priests who direct them, nor Controversists who fight their opinions, nor Interpreters who explain their dogmas to them ". UNIQUE EDITION OF THIS VERY RARE FRENCH UTOPIA attributed to an alleged Captain Tompson. Good copy bound by Honnelaître.
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