Charles-Joseph de Mayer, Les Ligues achéenne, suisse et holl - Lot 264

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Charles-Joseph de Mayer, Les Ligues achéenne, suisse et holl - Lot 264
Charles-Joseph de Mayer, Les Ligues achéenne, suisse et hollandoise, et révolution des Etats Unis de l'Amérique, compared together. Geneva and Paris, Cuchet, 1787. In-12 of (4)-XXIV-259 pp. and (4)-328 pp., rooted fawn basane, smooth decorated spine, title coin, marbled edges (contemporary binding). First edition. In the foreword, the author (1751-1825) explains the genesis of his book, the first part of which had been written in response to a subject proposed by the Académie des Inscriptions. "History. Mayer studies the causes of the birth and decadence of the Republics, in order to preserve America from collapse" (INED, 3115). The Achaean League was a federation of twelve cities of Achaia, on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, which fought between 250 and 146 B.C. to defend Greek nationality against the kings of Macedonia, the dissident cities and finally the Romans. Guards absent, one epidermis on the back, wear at one corner, some freckles. Quérard, V, 656.
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