SOULAVIE, M. l'abbé Lot n° 68

Of morals, and their influence on the prosperity or decadence of empires; speech for the ceremony of the opening of the States-General of Languedoc P., chez Quillau, Merigot l'aîné, Merigot jeune, Belin, 1784. In-8, full olive morocco, triple fillet on the plates framing the arms. Smooth spine decorated. Two tiny holes. [2], 64, 43, [1] pp. Beautiful copy in a binding with the arms of the baron de Breteuil. This speech, composed for the opening of the Estates-General of Languedoc, was not delivered by the priest-geographer, but printed and distributed as a brochure in Paris.