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Jean-Baptiste Marquis de BOYER D'ARGENS

Lettres cabalistiques, ou Correspondance philosophique, historique et critique entre deux cabalistes, divers esprits élémentaires et le seigneur Astaroth

Chez Pierre Paupie, à La Haye 1741, 6 tomes en 6 Vol. in 12 (9,5x15,5cm), (34) 374pp. et (16) 392pp. et (10) 395pp. et (8) 344pp. et (2) 350pp. et (2) 244pp. (90), relié.

Second edition partly original and increased 80 letters, two volumes more than the first edition from 1738 published in 4 volumes; illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Van Pee. Title pages in red and black. Good impression. Half brown sheepskin with small posterior corners, around 1800. spine smooth decorated with a central floret and casters. Part of title in light green calf and volume number rose veal. boards with various frictions. Pretty decorative series. Cabalistic letters are one of the jewels of journalistic activity d'Argens; its varied writing excels in this climate on the border of philosophy, pamphlet and journalistic criticism; As with other collections of letters, they appear in contemporaryicals in the Universal Gazetteer. The work was blacklisted in 1742 The author discusses some of the themes of Jewish Letters especially regarding religion, superstition and various forms of belief.; there are many critical considerations on the Jesuits, Freemasonry, Kabbalah, the Templars, Alchemists, etc.. The book is indexed by Caillet 1605; Bibliotheca Esoterica 985. Ample table of contents allows you to easily find all the issues involved. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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