MANUSCRIPT. Marquis d'Argens (Jean Baptiste Boyer, 1704-71, free thinker) The Modern Legislator, or the Memoirs of the Chevalier de Mellincourt. According to a pencil note on the front blank, the work was transcribed by J F Drinkwater in 1849 and concerns the agnosticism of the Marquis d'Argens, author of 'Lettres Indies' which was refuted by his son Comte de Meillcourt. About 450 pages and 32,000 words. Half black calf. Not published.