2554 - 3406: Helvétius, (C.A.).

75 2906 Helvétius C A

75/2906 Helvétius, (C.A.). De l'homme, de ses facultés intellectuelles, et de son éducation. London, La Société Typographique, 1773, 2 vols., XLIV,399; (2),495p., contemp. unif. catspaw calf w. gilt spine and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Both vols. spine-ends dam. and upper joints splitting. Contents good.

= One of three variants of the first edition, as mentioned by Tchemerzine VI, p.192 b; Cioranescu 33651; Encycl. of Philosophy 3, p.471ff. In his posthumously published De l'Homme, Helvétius (1715-1771) strongly reaffirms the ideas he was forced to disavow, following publication of his book De l'Esprit.

BOUND WITH: an incomplete copy of IDEM, Le Bonheur (London, 1773, new ed. Lacks quire c, which is replaced by a duplicate quire e).

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