HÉRAULT DE SÉCHELLES (M.-J.). Theory of ambition. Paris, Che - Lot 67

HÉRAULT DE SÉCHELLES (M.-J.). Theory of ambition. Paris, Chez Bouquet, 1802, in-8°, paperback, dust jacket. Collation: 1 f. title, 5 ff. (Publisher's Preface / Author's Preface), 92 pp. eds. [11] à 102. ORIGINAL EDITION. The true original was published in 1788 under the title Codicille politique et pratique... 3 copies are known. "This work, the most important by Hérault de Séchelles, is a kind of collection of maxims, either absurd or criminal, expressed in an obscure and neological style. The author abjures all ideas of morality..." (Quérard, France littéraire, T. IV, p. 81) Notes by Jacques-Barthélemy Salgues. A well-preserved copy. Spine partially split, with small loss at foot. Size : 212 x 130 mm. Monglond (A.), La France révolutionnaire..., V, 1060; Talvart & Place, VIII, p. 153.