DESTUTT de TRACY (Antoine-Louis-Claude, Comte) Paris 1754 - - Lot 300

DESTUTT de TRACY (Antoine-Louis-Claude, Comte) Paris 1754 - 1836 - Philosopher; Colonel in the Regiment of Penthièvre; Deputy of the Noblesse du BOURBONNAIS to the Estates-General, Member of the Institut, Senator, Peer of France - Letter A.S. AUTEUIL July 16, 1807 - 1 page large in-8° : "I am very grateful for the fine present you have kindly given me... I have only delayed giving you my thanks because I have just made a short journey, during which I have nevertheless tried to learn by reading you. I am delighted that you regard Ideology, Grammar and Logic as inseparable. I'm no less pleased that you distinguish between Grammar, Ideology, Texigraphy and Syntax. All in all, I greatly appreciate your approach to these subjects..."