[Voltaire], BAILLY (Jean Sylvain) – LETTERS ON PLATO'S ATLANTIS AND ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF ASIA, To serve as a sequel to the letters on the origin of the Sciences, addressed to Mr. de Voltaire by Mr. Bailly
[Voltaire], BAILLY (Jean Sylvain) – LETTERS ON PLATO'S ATLANTIS AND ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF ASIA, To serve as a sequel to the letters on the origin of the Sciences, addressed to Mr. de Voltaire by Mr. Bailly
[Voltaire], BAILLY (Jean Sylvain) – LETTERS ON PLATO'S ATLANTIS AND ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF ASIA, To serve as a sequel to the letters on the origin of the Sciences, addressed to Mr. de Voltaire by Mr. Bailly
[Voltaire], BAILLY (Jean Sylvain) – LETTERS ON PLATO'S ATLANTIS AND ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF ASIA, To serve as a sequel to the letters on the origin of the Sciences, addressed to Mr. de Voltaire by Mr. Bailly
[Voltaire], BAILLY (Jean Sylvain) – LETTERS ON PLATO'S ATLANTIS AND ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF ASIA, To serve as a sequel to the letters on the origin of the Sciences, addressed to Mr. de Voltaire by Mr. Bailly
    [Voltaire], BAILLY (Jean Sylvain)
    LETTERS ON PLATO'S ATLANTIS AND ON THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF ASIA, Serving as a sequel to the letters on the origin of the Sciences, addressed to Mr. de Voltaire by Mr. Bailly
Édition :
    London - Paris
Date :
    1779
    in-8, pl. mottled blond calf, gilt title on spine with 5 raised bands decorated with gilt tools, compartments decorated with fleurons and double gilt framing fillets, roll on the edges, red edge, vignettes, a folding map, (headcaps torn off, joints split for a few cm, a large abrasion on the lower cover, corners slightly bumped, some dampstaining and rare spots inside), fresh interior, 480 p.
    The original edition, recognizable by its page count (480), stands in contrast to a later edition containing only 444 pages (like the 1805 edition). "One of the most interesting writings of the celebrated Mayor of Paris. The author attributes the creation of all our arts to an ancient people, originating in the north, who originally inhabited the high plateaus of eastern Tartary. From this extinct people, the arts supposedly passed to the Chinese, the Indians, the Chaldeans, the Greeks, etc..." (Caillet-649; Stanislas de Gaïta-30). These letters, written before Voltaire's death, could not have been shared with him; this is why they only begin with the fourth letter. The three preceding letters were known to the great philosopher, who, unlike Bailly, was convinced that the Brahmins were the originators of philosophy and the sciences; for Bailly, they were merely their custodians.

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