FLEURY (Abbot). The Duties of Masters and Servants. - Lot 156

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FLEURY (Abbot). The Duties of Masters and Servants. - Lot 156
FLEURY (Abbot). The Duties of Masters and Servants. Paris, chez P. Emery, 1736. Small in-12 [4]-249-[11] pages, ebony morocco, gilt fillets on the boards, red morocco lining and endpapers, double guard, smooth spine, gilt edges, lined case (D. Saporito). An amusing treatise in which the abbot Fleury, confessor of the king, studies the duties of each one: steward, faithful servant, squire, kitchen officer who should not give jams to the people outside, valet who should flee the vice of idleness... The author inserts moreover "Le règlement de Monseigneur le prince de Conti". Portrait of the author in frontispiece. Beautiful copy bound by Saporito, bookbinder from Grenoble, Best Workman of France.
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