Plutarque / Joseph de? Maistre Lot n° 218

On the delays of divine justice, in the punishment of the guilty. A work by Plutarch, newly translated, with additions and notes. Followed by Amyot's translation of the same treatise, "Why Does Divine Justice Defer the Punishment of Evils?" Lyon; Paris, J.B. Pélagaud, 1862. In-8 of 22 x 13.5 cm. Blond half calf, ornate spine. Period binding. XVI-202 - 183 pages ; complete. "In the 2nd part of the book ""Letters to a Russian nobleman about the Spanish Inquisition by J. De Maistre. (183 pp.) Newly translated edition with additions and notes. The "Delays" were considered one of the masterpieces of ancient religious thought by the Moderns. "Relying on the refutation of Epicurean theses, Plutarch developed a much broader reflection in which reason and "faith", logos and myths, plausible arguments and striking images, academic circumspection and confidence in the transcendent divinity embodied here by Apollo and his pure light, invisible even in myth, collaborate and join closely." - Beautifully bound, well-preserved binding. Inside a little yellowed, a few freckles. Good general condition.