CRAMEZEL, M. de Lot n° 13

Oethologie ou le cœur de l'homme, ouvrage où après avoir parlé des principes de toutes nos actions, on entre dans le détail des vertus et des vices, à l'égard de Dieu, de soi-même et de la société par le Chevalier de Cramezel Rennes, chez Julien et Jules-Ch. Vatar, 1756. 2 volumes in one in-16, full red morocco, plates stamped with the arms of the duke of La Vauguyon in the center, triple fillet framing, fleurons in the corners. Ornate bands, interior roulette, gilt edges. [4], 246 pp, [4] - 334, [6] pp. Uncommon first edition in good condition, bound with the arms of Antoine Paul Jacques de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, count, then 1st duke of La Vauguyon. La Vauguyon who gives here a work of philosophy affirming that man is absolutely free of his choices and tends naturally towards his well-being, was tutor of the future Louis XVI and his brothers. We owe him this famous shortcut on his pupils whom he nicknamed "The 4 Fs": according to him, the Duke of Burgundy was the strong one; Berry, the weak one; Provence, the false one; Artois the frank one. Guigard, II, 1.