SILHON (jean de). Of the immortality of the soul.... Lot 49

SILHON [(jean de)]. Of the immortality of the soul. Paris, Christophle Iourme, 1662, in-32°, [66, of which frontispiece title]-700 p., full vellum of the time with small flaps. From the Nordkirschen library (ex-libris). Perfectly exemplary. A French philosopher, writer and politician, Silhon was Richelieu's secretary before becoming a State Councillor. He took part 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.