OXENSTIRN (comte d', 1666-1733) : Thoughts of Monsieur le Comte d'Oxenstirn on various subjects, with moral reflections of the same author, new edition revised and corrected, either for the style, or for the quotations by Monsieur D. L. M. La Haye, Jean Van Duren, 1742; two volumes in 12, blond calf, spine with 5 nerves decorated with a gilt fleuron and gilt fillets, red morocco title-pieces and brown morocco tomography, red edges. Work written between 1720 and 1722 and translated in many languages; Oxenstirn is part, in France where he lived for many years, of the moralists of the 17th century. He wrote aphorisms on the subjects of his time : war, gambling, atheism, tobacco.