D'ARGENSON (René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis): Considérations sur le Gouvernement ancien et présent de la France. Amsterdam, chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1765; in 8°, red morocco, highly ornate spine, lemon morocco title-piece, triple gilt fillet on the outside of the boards, arms stamped in the center of the boards, gilt edges. Contemporary binding. A copy bearing the coat of arms of René Nicolas Charles de MAUPEOU, 1714-1792, first president of the Paris parliament, Garde des sceaux royaux, last chancellor of France, and architect under Louis XV of the reform and exile of the Paris parliament. A very fine copy of this famous book by D'Argenson, a friend of Voltaire and the physiocrats, in which he defines a bold political doctrine in which "he tends towards a kind of socialism imposed on society, but supervised by an aristocracy that would only take what it wanted"! Having been condemned in France, he had it printed by Rey in Amsterdam, who issued three editions in 1764 and 1765. Mornet, Origines intellectuelles de la révolution française. PHOTOS COMING IN 3 DAYS