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MONTESQUIEU, [Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron De La Brède et de] [1689-1755].
De L'Esprit Des Loix.
Leyden [i.e. Lyon?]: "Chez Les Libraires Associés, 1749.
2 Volumes in 1. 4to. pp. viii, [14], 369; 2 p.l., 306 [i.e. 395], [12], 16('Critique', 50('Défense'). woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, corners renewed (some light foxing & browning). few early ms. notes in margins & corrections in text. Early Edition of one of the most remarkable works of the eighteenth century, treating the philosophical principles of law and government, and the determining influence of geographical and economic factors on social thought, customs, and legal and political institutions. Montesquieu was unanimously advised by his friends, including Helvétius and Fontenelle, not to publish, but he ignored them. Despite Helvétius' criticism that the work was too moderate, it was placed on the Index and the Sorbonne planned a regular censure of it. Although largely misunderstood or ignored by his contemporaries, including the 'philosophes', Montesquieu's theories exerted a profound influence; "they underlay the thinking which led up to the American and French Revolutions, and the United States Constitution in particular is a lasting tribute to the principles he advocated." (PMM) This edition is unrecorded in the bibliographies. cfBrunet III 1859-60. cfCioranescu 46153. cfGraesse IV 589. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 197.

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MORE, Henry [1614-1687].
Enchiridion Ethicum, Praecipua Moralis Philosophiae Rudimenta complectens.Editio secunda.
London: J.Flesher.William Morden, 1669..
8vo. pp. 16 p.l., 227, [20], 54[with separate title]. contemporary sprinkled calf (head & foot of back joint beginning to split). A nice crisp copy. Second Edition. More's Enchiridon Ethicum presents a list of 23 'Noemata Moralia', or ethical principles he maintains are intuitively apprehended and as certain and immutable as the laws of mathematics. At the end is a letter by More, with separate title, containing a critical appraisal of the philosophy of Descartes. Wing M2653. Rand I 381.
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MURATORI, Ludovico Antonio [1672-1750].
Della Pubblicità Felicita, Oggetto De'Buoni Principi.
Lucca: 1749..
8vo. pp. 10 p.l., 460. later half vellum (some worming to joints with lower half of rear joint split, armorial rubberstamp on title). First Edition (?). Goldsmiths' and Kress list editions with the same imprint but different pagination. An interesting treatise on the principles of good government, in which the state is conceived of as a paternalism, solicitious for the welfare of its subjects and ordered by reason and virtue. Ambition and tyranny are condemned and wars are sanctioned only in cases of self-defence. Muratori also discusses religion, law, medicine, mathematics, philosophy, scholarship, agriculture, economics. The author, an Italian scholar, historian and antiquary, was librarian and archivist to the Duke of Modena from 1700 until his death. cfGoldsmiths' 8390 (pp. 236). cfKress 4973 (pp. 1 p.l., [xxx], 461).
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MYRES, John L[inton] [b. 1869].
Herodotus Father Of History.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1953..
8vo. pp. vi, [2], 315, [1]. 25 text figures & maps (some full-page). original cloth. dw. First Edition.
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NIETZSCHE, Friedrich [1844-1900].
The Will To Power An Attempted Transvaluation Of All Values. [The Complete Works, Volumes 9 and 15].
Edinburgh & London: T.N.Foulis, 1909-10..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xiv, 384, [4]ads; xix, 432, [7]ads. original cloth (cloth bit spotted, some chipping to spine ends). First Edition of the English Translation by Anthony M.Ludovico. Volume I limited to 1000 numbered copies & Volume II to 1500 numbered copies.
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PAINE, Thomas [1737-1809].
Dissertation On First-Principles Of Government.
London: Printed and Sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, 1795..
8vo. pp. 47. disbound. First London Edition. Thetford Collection 121. cfHowes P-19.
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PALEY, William [1743-1805].
The Principles Of Moral And Political Philosophy.Ninth Edition, Corrected.
London: Printed For R.Faulder, 1793..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xxxiii, 378; 4 p.l., 433. half-ttile in Vol. II only. contemporary tree calf (joints cracked, spines worn & lacking labels, spine ends chipped & corners worn). Ninth Edition, Corrected. Based on Paley's lectures at Christ's College, Cambridge, this was his first published work (1785) and it was an instant success. His later works, especially A View of the Evidences of Christianity (1794) are regarded as the "epitome of eighteenth-century theological reasoning, the Evidences being called "the most effective statement of the external evidence for christianity ever written." (PMM) Rand I 392. Printing and the Mind of Man 245n.
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[PASCAL, Blaise] [1623-1662].
Ludovici Montaltii Litterae Provinciales, De Morali & Politica Jesuitarum Disciplina. A Willelmo Wendrockio.E Gallica in Latinam linguam translatae; Et Theologicis notis illustratae.
Cologne: Nicolaus Schouten [ie. Leyden: Jean Elzevir], 1658..
8vo. pp. 16 p.l., 608. woodcutornaments & initials. calf antique (light dampmark in fore-margin of outer leaves, former owner's name deleted on title). First Edition in Latin, pseudonymously translated by Port-Royal moralist and theologian Pierre Nicole, of the Lettres Provinciales, the most important ethical work of Pascal and one of the great classics of French prose. Written in response to the Jesuit attacks on Jansenism which culminated in the condemnation by the Sorbonne at the end of 1655 of Antoine Arnauld, the chief light of Port Royal, the Lettres were originally issued clandestinely in a series of eighteen separate parts between January 23, 1656 and January 15, 1657. "Pascal's counter-attack took the form of a brilliant exposure of the casuistical methods of argument employed by the Jesuits. It was at the time a magnificent sustained invective, after which the Jesuits never recovered their former position in France (it was largely responsible for the traditional bad name they still, less deservedly, bear), and a noble defence of thought in religious faith. Pascal's weapon was irony, and the freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of the manner is an enduring triumph. The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best." (PMM) Brunet IV 396. Rand I p. 395. Rahir 829 (with final errata leaf, not called for by Willems). Willems 829. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 140.
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PASCAL, [Blaise] [1623-1662].
The Life Of Mr. Paschal, With His Letters Relating to the Jesuits.
London: James Bettenham, 1744..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 7 p.l., lxiii, 228; 2 p.l., 320. 2 engraved frontis. portraits by George Vertue. Vol. I lacking A2 (dedication to George Pitt, Jun.). several woodcut ornaments. contemporary calf, rebacked & recornered (covers worn, internally fine & crisp). First Edition of the Second English Translation of the 'Provincial Letters', by William Andrews, and First Edition in English of the prefatory biography of Pascal by his sister. Pascal's famous defence of Jansenism, the seventeenth-century French ascetic movement of reform inside the Roman Catholic Church, stands as a brilliant and noble defence of thought in religious faith. The author's first important ethical work and a classic of French prose, it was composed following Pascal's removal in 1654 to Port Royal, the monastery famous as the centre of the Jansenist movement. Written in response to the Jesuit attacks on Jansenism which culminated in the condemnation by the Sorbonne at the end of 1655 of Antoine Arnauld, the leading light of Port Royal, the Lettres were originally issued clandestinely in a series of eighteen separate parts between January 23, 1656 and January 15, 1657. Pascal's magnificent invective against the casuistical methods of argument employed by the Jesuits seriously weakened their position in France and was largely responsible for the traditional bad reputation which they still bear. The prefatory biography was written by Pascal's sister, Jacqueline Perier, who was a nun at Port Royal. "Pascal's counter-attack took the form of a brilliant exposure of the casuistical methods of argument employed by the Jesuits.[His] weapon was irony, and the freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of the manner is an enduring triumph. The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best." (Printing and the Mind of Man) NCBEL II 1525. Rothschild 35.
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PECQUET, [Antoine] [1704-1762].
L'Esprit Des Maximes Politiques, Pour Servir De Suite À L'Esprit Des Loix, Du Président De Montesquieu.
Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1758..
4to. pp. xxvi, [2], 412, [3]privilege & errata. woodcut ornaments, initial & title vignette. contemporary sprinkled calf (front cover detached, head of spine chipped, foxing to first 2 leaves & front blank). Second Edition or Second Issue, with cancel title (first: 1757), of this treatise on fundamental political principles, which the author envisioned as a sequel to Montesquieu's L'Esprit des Loix. cfCioranescu II 49312.
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PESTALOZZI, [Johann Heinrich] [1746-1827].
Letters On Early Education. Addressed To J.P.Greaves, Esq. Translated from the German Manuscript. With A Memoir Of Pestalozzi.
London: Sherwood, Gilbert,And Piper..., 1827..
8vo. pp. xlv, [1 leaf], 157, [3 leaves]ads. Uncut in original bds. (spine chipped, covers detached, stain to upper cover, several gatherings lightly embrowned, occasional light foxing). First Edition. The English mystic, socialist and educational reformer James Pierrepont Greaves [1777-1842] spent seven years with the great Swiss educational reformer at the latter's famous boarding school in Yverdon, 1818-25. Professional rivalries between teachers at the school in Yverdon led to its disbanding in 1825, at which time Pestalozzi withdrew to Neuhof and Greaves returned to England where he established the London Infant School Society. The letters here outlining Pestalozzi's views on early childhood education were written between October 1, 1818 and May 12, 1819.
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POSE, Alfred.
Philosophie Du Pouvoir.
Paris: Presses Universitaires De Frane, 1948..
8vo. pp. 305, [3]. untrimmed & unopened in printed wrs. (slight chipping to extremities). First Edition.
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[RAMSAY, Andrew Michael] [1686-1743].
Histoire De La Vie Et Des Ouvrages De Messire François De Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, Archevêque de Cambray.
Amsterdam: François L'Honoré, 1727..
12mo. pp. 2 p.l., 222. title in red & black. woodcut headpieces initials. late 19th century half roan (rubbed). Second Edition (first: 1723). Cioranescu 52218. cfBrunet 30621.
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[RAMSAY, Andrew Michael] [1686-1743].
The Life Of François de Salignac De la Motte Fénelon, Archbishop and Duke of Cambray.
London: Printed for Paul Vaillant and James Woodman, 1723..
12mo. pp. 340. engraved frontis. portrait. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary sprinkled calf (front joint renewed, back joint cracked, spine label wanting, some light foxing). First Edition of the English Translation by Nathaniel Hooke. Ramsay visited Fénelon in 1710 following his military service on the continent in the War of the Spanish Succession. Through Fénelon's influence Ramsay converted to catholicism, and having become a close friend of the Archbishop, he remained with him until his death in January of 1715. Fénelon left him all of his papers. Ramsay's life of the French philosopher and theologian attracted the attention of the Pretender, James Francis Edward, himself a friend of Fénelon, who engaged Ramsay as tutor to his two sons, Prince Charles Edward and Henry, at Rome. NCBEL II 1527. cfCioranescu 52217.
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[REINBECK, Johann Gustav] [1683-1741].
Réflexions Philosophiques Sur L'Immortalité De L'Âme Raisonnable Avec Quelques Remarques Sur une Lettre Dans laquelle on soutient que la Matière pense. Traduit De L'Allemand.
Amsterdam & Leipzig: Arkstee & Merkus, 1744..
12mo. pp. 16 p.l., 323, [8]. title in red & black. woodcut tailpiece & title vignette. contemporary calf, gilt back (little worn, scattered light foxing). former owner's rubberstamp on title & p. 51. First Edition of the French Translation of this work on the immortality of the soul by German Lutheran theologian and philosopher, Johann Gustav Reinbeck.
$300 USD Book Number: elala1275 Order / Enquire

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