London, 1781. 8vo. Uniformly bound in five contemporary half calf bindings with gilt lettering to spines. Two ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper in each volume. Light wear to extremities, spines with stains. Internally nice and clean. CXV, (5), 282 pp. + frontispiece (2), 448 pp. (4), 384 pp. (4), VIII, 398 pp." (2), 407 pp.
Reference : 61820
Uncommon clandestine edition of the works of Helvetius. ""Cette edition clandestine de Bouillon au titre rouge et noir fut tirée a 2000 exemplaires sur papier de qualite. Est importante pour l'etude de Helvetius et est assez rare. Elle fut preparee a Paris par l'abbe Lefebvre de La Roche, heritier des textes du philosophe [.] Il existe une autre edition identique sur papier moyen et sans portrait"". (Tchemerzine, VI, 200) (i.e. This clandestine edition from Bouillon, with a red and black title, was printed in 2,000 copies on quality paper. It is important for the study of Helvétius and is quite rare. It was prepared in Paris by Abbé Lefebvre de La Roche, heir to the philosopher's texts. There is another identical edition on medium-quality paper and without a portrait.). Tchemerzine, VI, 200.Graesse, III, 238.
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