‎LE CLERC, JEAN.‎
‎Opera philosophica in quatuor volumina digesta. Editio Quinta. (1. Logica. De argumento theologico ab invidia ducto. Ontologia. 2. Pneumatologia. Thomae Stanleii Historia philosophiae orientalis. 3 & 4. Physica). 4 vols.‎

‎Amstelodami, Wetstenios, 1722. 8vo. Uniformly bound in four nice Cambridge-style mirror bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper-labels pasted on to top of spine. Lower part of front hinge split. A nice set. (24), 400 pp. + frontispiece and 1 portrait (16), 375, (47) pp. (24), 267, (3) pp. + 8 plates and 1 map 358, (2) pp. + 2 plates. ‎

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‎Fifth edition of Leclerc’s ‘Opera’ which includes most of his most popular and influential works. “Jean Leclerc (born March 19, 1657, Geneva—died Jan. 8, 1736, Amsterdam) was an encyclopaedist and biblical scholar who espoused advanced principles of exegesis (interpretation) and theological method.Educated at Geneva and also in France at Grenoble and Saumur (all noted for a radical approach to biblical and patristic documents), Leclerc broke with scholastic Calvinism. In 1684 he was appointed to the Remonstrant Seminary faculty at Amsterdam. He made a lasting contribution to biblical studies as editor of three encyclopaedias: Bibliothèque universelle et historique (26 vol., 1686–93), Bibliothèque choisie (28 vol., 1703–13), and Bibliothèque ancienne et moderne (29 vol., 1714–30). His views on the Scriptures included the denial of Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch as well as of the divine inspiration of Ecclesiastes, Job, Proverbs, and the Song of Solomon.” (Encyclopedia Britannica).‎