"[poinsinet De Sivry (louis)] - Origin Of The First Societies, Of Peoples. 1769."
[POINSINET DE SIVRY (Louis)] - Origin of the first societies, peoples, sciences, arts and ancient and modern idioms. Amsterdam, Chez Lacombe, 1769; in-8, 614 pp., period full marbled calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 bands, title label in red morocco, edges painted in red. Louis Poinsinet de Sivry (1733-1804) was a French linguist, philologist, writer and playwright. He was a member of the Royal Society of Sciences and Belles-Lettres of Lorraine.