Lettres africaines, original edition, Delalain,1771

This is the rare original edition of this epistolary novel written by  Jean-François Butini (a lawyer and politician) published in 1771.

Behind the romantic story, Butini committed himself against slavery. 

Binding and text : some normal defects but firm binding and pleasant to read (text in french).

A  rare humanistic book in a nice vellum, fair calf, in-16.