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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
[ARTUS, THOMAS, Sieur d'Embry, attributed to.] Description de l'Isle des Hermaphrodites, nouvellement découverte . . . pour servir de Supplément au Journal de Henri III. [8], 352 pages, including engraved frontispiece. 8vo, contemporary sheep gilt, spine damaged; contents toned, some light dampstaining towards end. Cologne: Chez les Héritiers de Herman Demen, 1724
First published circa 1605, "an allegorical, dystopian attack on the immorality, extravagance, and corruption of European life, particularly in the court of Henry III. Peculation, voluptuousness, prodigality, hypocrisy, dishonesty, atheism, corruption, oppression, and bestiality are ironically depicted as admirable"--Gibson 610. Gay-Lemonnyer I, 866 (also II, 464).
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