Jean Andre Peraux: Le Roi Voyageur ou Examens des abus de l administration de la Lydie. Londres 1784 First edition.In 8vo, modern nice paper hard covers, text clean and bright with some light spotting in few pages, complete 211p., overall in very good condition Based on ancient Greek sources,the narrative follows Meles,the king of ancient Lydia,in Asia Minor, he travels through his kingdom and discovers that his actual education in schools was useless for actual governing.Only through traveling and direct experience he learn the true nature of his people and the corruption of his administration.Based on actual facts from Herodotus and other Greek texts regarding Lydia,the ancient state in Anatolia Peraux s work is a fascinating piece of Enlightenment political satire. Though the imprint says London, it was likely published in Paris or Switzerland to avoid censorship. The book advocates for economic reform, transparency, and a more direct relationship between the monarch and the people,ideas that were reaching a boiling point just five years before the French Revolution.It is a very nice example how ancient Greek history was omnipresent in the Enlightenment period and even fueled the contemporary politics