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LETI (Gr.). CRITIQUE HISTORIQUE, POLITIQUE, MORALE,...

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LETI (Gr.). CRITIQUE HISTORIQUE, POLITIQUE, MORALE, ÉCONOMIQUE, & COMIQUE, SUR LES LOTTERIES, Anciennes, & Modernes, Spirituelles, & Temporelles. Des Etats, & des Eglises. Amsterdam, Chez les Amis de l'auteur, 1697. Two volumes bound in ivory vellum, smooth spine, blue speckled edges (contemporary binding); portrait-frontispiece, 1 plate, (f) title, 4 pp., (24) ff., 324 pp. - (11) ff. including title, 342 pp. - (1) bl. f., 108 pp. (Considérations sur la critique des lotteries de Mr. Leti). Lacks of leather on cuts. ORIGINAL EDITION of this critique of public lotteries, particularly those in Holland. An engraved PORTRAIT of the author and an engraved intaglio PLANCHE containing 2 figures, one of which depicts dogs urinating and defecating on books.