Betrachtungen uber die Auslachens-Wurdigkeit. 2 parts (+) (unidentified work, lacking title-page).

Leipzig, Gleditschen, 1708. 12mo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Light miscolouring to extremities. Small paper-label pasted on to spine. Internally with light occassional foxing, otherwise nice and clean. (22), 600, (10), 501, (1), (12), 536 pp. + 2 frontispieces.

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The rare first German translation of Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde ""Réflexions sur le ridicule"" in which he reflects on the behaviors, attitudes and social customs of the that make people subject to ridicule or contempt.