ABBADIE, Jacques L'Art de se Connoitre soy-mesme, ou la Recherche des Sources de la Morale. Rotterdam: Pierre Reinier Leers. 1710.

ABBADIE, Jacques L'Art de se Connoitre soy-mesme, ou la Recherche des Sources de la Morale. Rotterdam: Pierre Reinier Leers. 1710.

12mo: two parts in one: [vi], 138; 213 [3] pp. Contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with raised bands, morocco label, rubbed, small wormhole to front joint.

First published in 1692. Abbadie (?1654-1727), preacher and writer, was born in Switzerland; he accompanied Marshal Schomberg to England in 1688 and the following year became minister of the French church in the Savoy area of London. His religious treatises had a wide circulation throughout Europe.
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