1764 ITALIAN – FRENCH LETTERA AL MARESCIALLO KEIT sopra il vano timor della morte, e lo spavento di un’ altra vita. DEL FILOSOFO DI SANS – SOUCI / EPITRE AU MARECHAL KEITH Sur les vaines terreurs da la mort & les frayeurs d’une autre vie du PHILOSOPHE de SANS-SOUCI by Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (1712 – 1786)
(Epistle to Marshal Keit – On the Vain Terrors of Death & Frights of Another Life) – In Italian and French language.
***
In Londra [London], C.G. Seyffert, 1764.
***
A collection of odes and philosophical poems rhymed in the original French by Frederick the Great, under the pen name Philosopher of Sans-Souci. The poems are consecrated to marshal James Francis Edward Keith, who died during the Seven Years’ War, and discuss a wide range of philosophical topics, such as morality, politics, and mortality. Voltaire, who revised his work, commented that Epistle to Marshal Keit shocked the pious public, proving to them that the soul is mortal.
***
Pp. 35.
Size: 13,4 x 19 cm.
***
Binding: Original wrappers, worn, foxing stains, small tears, wormholes.
***
Condition: Some dog ears, tiny wormholes on two leaves, some signs sign of paper aging, still a nice copy. For other details and condition see the scans.