SILHON [(jean de)]. On the immortality of... - Lot 13 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL

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SILHON [(jean de)]. On the immortality of... - Lot 13 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL
SILHON [(jean de)]. On the immortality of the soul. Paris, Christophle Iourme, 1662, in-32°, [66, including frontispiece title]-700 p., full contemporary vellum with small flaps. From the library of Nordkirschen (bookplate). A perfect copy. A French philosopher, writer and politician, Silhon was secretary to Richelieu before becoming a State Councillor. He participated in the drafting of the statutes of the Académie française in 1634, before its inauguration, and became one of its first members. See Bérangère Parmentier, "Reformuler le christianisme : l'expertise lettrée dans les années 1620. Le cas Jean de Silhon", in Littératures classiques, n° 92, 2017, pp. 147-158.
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