BOUGEANT, G. H. - Amusement philosophique sur le langage des Bestes.
Paris, Chez Gissez, 1739, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo. [2], 157, [3] pp. VG Defect Noted/No Jacket.¶ A Jesuit, teacher and prolific author, this, his most famous work was sufficiently disliked by the church to get him a prison sentence. In it he accepts the idea that animals have souls, but the souls of demons being punished! "Ce livre, dans lequel il soutient que les démons animent les brutes, est adressé à une femme, et semé de madrigaux qui scandalisèrent les dévots, et qui ne parurent pas assez légers aux gens du monde. Cependant, si l'on en croit un auteur janséniste, le jesuite avait nautant étudié le langue de lagalanterie que celui des betes. Rosenthal, Magica, 5211. Caillet 1511 "Rare."Not in Dorbon. Period mottled calf, beautifully gilt decorated spine, gilt red Mro. label. The last six leaves had been torn, affecting no text by a grab, no loss [an animal paw?], this has been restored, only in the margins.
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