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DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784).] Principes de la philosophie morale; ou Essai de M. S***. sur le merite et la vertu . 'Amsterdam' [but Paris]: Zacharie Chatelain, 1745. 12° (154 x 95mm). Engraved title vignette, 2 engraved frontispieces, and 2 engraved headpieces by Fessard after Durand, woodcut head- and tailpieces. (Unobtrusive light dampstaining.) Contemporary mottled calf, boards with triple gilt fillet borders, spine gilt in compartments (lightly rubbed and chipped). Provenance : armorial inkstamp on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION of Diderot's second published work, which, as the author notes in the Discours préliminaire, is very loosely based on the Earl of Shaftesbury's work (cf. pp.xxix-xxx). Cohen/De Ricci col.305; Tchemerzine IV, p.424.
DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784).] Principes de la philosophie morale; ou Essai de M. S***. sur le merite et la vertu . 'Amsterdam' [but Paris]: Zacharie Chatelain, 1745. 12° (154 x 95mm). Engraved title vignette, 2 engraved frontispieces, and 2 engraved headpieces by Fessard after Durand, woodcut head- and tailpieces. (Unobtrusive light dampstaining.) Contemporary mottled calf, boards with triple gilt fillet borders, spine gilt in compartments (lightly rubbed and chipped). Provenance : armorial inkstamp on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION of Diderot's second published work, which, as the author notes in the Discours préliminaire, is very loosely based on the Earl of Shaftesbury's work (cf. pp.xxix-xxx). Cohen/De Ricci col.305; Tchemerzine IV, p.424. [VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778).] Le philosophe ignorant . [?Amsterdam or the Hague]: 1766. 8° (218 x 140mm). Type-ornament title-decoration and headbands. (Unobtrusive light dampstaining.) Contemporary wrappers, titled in manuscript on the spine and upper wrapper (a little rubbed and with short tears). FIRST DUTCH EDITION, published in the same year as the first edition. Bengesco 1731. (2)