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177066930Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1770. The Bible of Materialism"<br> <br> HOLBACH Paul Henri Thiry baron d'. Systême de la nature. Ou Des loix du monde physique & du monde moral. Par M. Mirabaud. Londres i.e. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1770.<br> <br> First edition. Two volumes octavo. 12 370; 4 412 pp.<br> <br> Contemporary speckled calf with covers ruled in blind. Elaborately gilt spine with burgundy morocco label gilt board edges marbled endpapers edges stained red. Joints and extremities rubbed. Occasional light foxing and browning primarily to first and last few leaves of each volume. Generally a very good crisp copy. In a quarter morocco clamshell case.<br> <br> Paul Heinrich Dietrich Baron d'Holbach 1723-1789 first became known as a scientist contributing some four hundred articles to the Encyclopédie of his friend and colleague Denis Diderot. Holbach later turned from science to more dangerous topics writing and having published abroad a number of books attacking religion in all aspects which flooded illegally into France. Unable to publish safely under his own name he had the ingenious idea of using the names of recently dead French authors. Thus in 1770 his most famous book "The System of Nature" appeared under the name of Jean-Baptiste Mirabaud.<br> <br> "In the Système Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attemped to explain all phenomena physical and mental in terms of matter in motion. He derived the moral and intellectual faculties from man's sensibility to impressions made by the external world and saw human actions as entirely determined by pleasure and pain. He continued his direct attack on religion by attempting to show that it derived entirely from habit and custom. But the Système was not a negative or desctructive book: Holbach rejected religion because he saw it as a wholly harmful influence and he tried to supply a more desirable alternative. In fact he outlined a whole ethical and political philosophy which he expanded in his later works" Printing and the Mind of Man.<br> <br> Goldsmiths' Library 10607. Kress 6737. Printing and the Mind of Man 215.<br> <br> HBS 66930.<br> <br> $3250. Marc-Michel Rey unknown
177340375London recte: Amsterdam M.M. Rey 1773. 8vo. Bound in one beautiful contemporary full mottled calf binding with five raised bands to richly gilt spine; triple gilt line-borders to boards and inner gilt dentelles. Edges of boards with single gilt line. All edges gilt. Corners abit bumped and a bit of overall wear. Inner hinges a bit weak. Internally very fine and clean. All in all a very fine copy indeed. 4 210; 176; 167 pp. With all three half-titles all three title-pages and all three indexes as well as the introduction. <br/><br/><em>The rare first edition first issue though Tchermerzine mentions an unknown 2-volume-edition form the same year - this edition has never been verified of one of d'Holbach's most important works his influential "social" and political continuation of his seminal main work "Systeme de la nature" - the bible of materialism. D'Holbach 1723-1789 who was raised by a wealthy uncle whom he inherited together with his title of Baron in 1753 maintained one of the most famous salons in Paris. This salon became the social and intellectual centre for the Encyclopédie which was edited by Diderot and d'Alembert whom he became closely connected with. D'Holbach himself also contributed decisively to the Encyclopédie with at least 400 signed contributions and probably as many unsigned between 1752 and 1765. The "Côterie holbachique" or "the café of Europe" as the salon was known attracted the most brilliant scientists philosophers writers and artists of the time e.g. Diderot d'Alembert Helvetius Voltaire Hume Sterne etc etc. and it became one of the most important gathering-places for the exchange of philosophical scientific and political views under the "ancient régime". Apart from developing several foundational theories of seminal scientific and philosophical value D'Holbach became known as one of the most skilled propagators and popularizers of scientific and philosophical ideas promoting scientific progress and spreading philosophical ideas in a new and highly effective manner. D'Holbach was himself the most audacious philosophe of this circle. During the 1760's he caused numerous anticlerical tracts written in large but not entirely by himself to be clandestinely printed abroad and illegally circulated in France. His philosophical masterpiece the "Système de la nature ou des lois du monde physique et du monde moral" a methodological and intransigent affirmation of materialism and atheism appeared anonymously in 1770" D.S.B. VI:468 as did the social and political follow-up of it the famous "Systême social" in 1773. That is to say Mirabeau whom he had used as the author on the "System of Nature" in 1770 is not mentioned in the "Social System" on the title-page of which is merely stated "By the Author of "Systême de la Nature". As the theories of d'Holbach's two systematic works were at least as anticlerical and unaccepted as those of his smaller tracts and on top of that so well presented and so convincing it would have been dangerous for him to print any of them under his own name and even under the name of the city or printer. Thus "Systême de la Nature" appeared pseudonomously under the name of the secretary of the Académie Francaise J.B. Mirabaud who had died 10 years earlier and under a fictive place of printing namely London instead of Amsterdam. "He could not publish safely under his own name but had the ingenious idea of using the names of recently dead French authors. Thus in 1770 his most famous book "The System of Nature" appeared under the name Jean-Baptiste Mirabaud." PMM 215 and so the next "System" also appeared in the same manner three years later.In his "Systême de la Nature" d'Holbach had presented philosophical materialism in an actual system for the first time and had created a work that dared unite the essence of all the essential material of the English and French Enlightenment and incorporate it into a closed materialistic system; on the basis of a completely materialistic and atheistic foundation he provided the modern world with a moral and ethic philosophy the effects of which were tremendous. It is this materialism and atheism that he continues three years later in his next systematic work "Systême social" through which politics morality and sociology are also incorporated into his system and take the place of the Christianity that he had so fiercely attacked earlier on. In this great work he extends his ethical views to the state and continues the description of human interest from "Systême de la Nature" by developing a notion of the just state by d'Holbach calle "ethocracy" that is to secure general welfare. "Système social 1773; "Social System" placed morality and politics in a utilitarian framework wherein duty became prudent self-interest." Encyclopaedia Brittanica. "Holbach's foundational view is that the most valuable thing a person seeking self-preservation can do is to unite with another person: "Man is of all beings the most necessary to man" Sysème social 76; cf. Spinoza's Ethics IVP35C1 C2 and S. Society when it is just unites for the common purpose of preservation and the securing of welfare and society contracts with government for this purpose." SEP.As the "Systême de la Nature" had been condemned to burning in the year of its publication so the "Systême social" was on the list of books to be confiscated already in 1773 and it was placed on the Index of the Church in August 1775. As the "Systême de la Nature" the "Systême social" is thus also of great scarcity. Another edition of the work appeared later the same year in 12mo. Tchermerzine says that "Il ya une édition que nous ne connaissons pas en 2 vol. in-8. C'est sans doute l'originale." The present edition was reprinted the following year in 1774.Tschermerzine VI:246; Graesse III:317; Barbier IV:622 only listing later editions. </em> hardcover
1773elala1356London Amsterdam: 1773. 1773. 3 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l. 210; 176; 167. with half-titles. contemporary sprinkled calf gilt back extremities worn. Published the same year as the first edition. Holbach was the foremost exponent of atheistic materialism in the Enlightenment. In the Politique Naturelle La Morale Universelle and the Système Sociale Holbach attempted to construct a system of ethical and political values based on mans physical nature and primary needs as the only desirable alternative to the illusory and harmful system predicated on supernatural theology. Copies of the present work were seized by the police and it was placed on the Index on August 18 1775. Vercruysse 1773-A5. Barbier IV 621-22. Cioranescu 34061. Quérard IV 119. Rand I 269. cfTchemerzine VI 246 a. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London [Amsterdam?]: 1773. Hardcover
1773POLst[HO77Londres Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey 1773. 1773. 3 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. viii viii 9-218 2; 2 p.l. 174 2; 2 p.l. 166 2. with half-titles. contemporary quarter calf gilt back extremities worn head of spine chipped. First Edition First Issue. Holbach advanced a system of natural politics based upon the needs common to all men. As the legitimacy of government depends upon the happiness of one or all living under it Holbach affirmed the people's natural right to overthrow an unjust ruler. Barbier IV 621-22. Cioranescu II 34061. Querard IV 119. Tchemerzine VI 246. Vercruysse 1773-A4. Rand I 269. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Londres [Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey], 1773. Hardcover
17800010066Leipsick / Leipzig 1780. Hardcover. Good. 16mo 161 212 pages contemporary quarter calf marbled boards tight but worn. Very scarce. <br/><br/>This is a volume of Baron Holbach's most regarded work SYSTEM OF NATURE. Holbach was a member of the French Enlightenment who presided over a salon in Paris and was a well-known atheist. His writings were published anonymously outside of France as in this instance. hardcover
177066930ìThe Bible of Materialismî HOLBACH Paul Henri Thiry baron dÃ. SystÃme de la nature. Ou Des loix du monde physique & du monde moral. Par M. Mirabaud. Londres i.e. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1770. First edition. Two volumes octavo. 12 370; 4 412 pp. Contemporary speckled calf with covers ruled in blind. Elaborately gilt spine with burgundy morocco label gilt board edges marbled endpapers edges stained red. Joints and extremities rubbed. Occasional light foxing and browning primarily to first and last few leaves of each volume. Generally a very good crisp copy. In a quarter morocco clamshell case. Paul Heinrich Dietrich Baron dÃHolbach 1723-1789 first became known as a scientist contributing some four hundred articles to the EncyclopÈdie of his friend and colleague Denis Diderot. Holbach later turned from science to more dangerous topics writing and having published abroad a number of books attacking religion in all aspects which flooded illegally into France. Unable to publish safely under his own name he had the ingenious idea of using the names of recently dead French authors. Thus in 1770 his most famous book ìThe System of Natureî appeared under the name of Jean-Baptiste Mirabaud. ìIn the SystËme Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attemped to explain all phenomena physical and mental in terms of matter in motion. He derived the moral and intellectual faculties from manÃs sensibility to impressions made by the external world and saw human actions as entirely determined by pleasure and pain. He continued his direct attack on religion by attempting to show that it derived entirely from habit and custom. But the SystËme was not a negative or desctructive book: Holbach rejected religion because he saw it as a wholly harmful influence and he tried to supply a more desirable alternative. In fact he outlined a whole ethical and political philosophy which he expanded in his later worksî Printing and the Mind of Man. Goldsmithsà Library 10607. Kress 6737. Printing and the Mind of Man 215. HBS 66930. $3250 Marc-Michel Rey unknown books
1773263604Londres 1773. hardcover. very good. 3 volumes slim 12mo 318 pp 252 239. Bound in full contemporary tree calf rubbed at the extremities gilt spines with black leather labels red speckled edges. Londres Amsterdam 1773. First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach 1723-1789 the foremost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. Holbach had associated with the younger philosopher who with Diderot d'Alembert and Rousseau were grouping around the Encyclopédie to which he also became a major contributor. His Salon soon became the main social center and a sort of intellectual headquarters for the Encyclopedist movement. Almost everything he wrote -whether because it expounded atheism and materialism attacked Christianity or castigated absolute monarchy the state church and feudal privilege. Consequently his innumerable manuscripts were usually forwarded through secret channels to Holland for publication after which the books were smuggled back into France. Kress S.4739; Higgs 5873.<br/><br/> unknown books
1773299676London 1773. hardcover. 3 volumes bound in 1. viii 218 2 pp.; 4 174 2 pp.; 4 166 2 pages. 8vo contemporary calf burgundy leather spine label corners a bit rubbed London: 1773. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> unknown books
1773263604Londres 1773. hardcover. very good. 3 volumes slim 12mo 318 pp 252 239. Bound in full contemporary tree calf rubbed at the extremities gilt spines with black leather labels red speckled edges. Londres Amsterdam 1773. First Edition. Very good.<br/> <br/> Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach 1723-1789 the foremost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. Holbach had associated with the younger philosopher who with Diderot d'Alembert and Rousseau were grouping around the Encyclopédie to which he also became a major contributor. His Salon soon became the main social center and a sort of intellectual headquarters for the Encyclopedist movement. Almost everything he wrote -whether because it expounded atheism and materialism attacked Christianity or castigated absolute monarchy the state church and feudal privilege. Consequently his innumerable manuscripts were usually forwarded through secret channels to Holland for publication after which the books were smuggled back into France. Kress S.4739; Higgs 5873.<br/> <br/> unknown
1773299676London 1773. hardcover. 3 volumes bound in 1. viii 218 2 pp.; 4 174 2 pp.; 4 166 2 pages. 8vo contemporary calf burgundy leather spine label corners a bit rubbed London: 1773. First Edition. Very good .<br/> <br/> unknown
177436999à Londres London Amsterdam: S. n. Marc Michel Rey 1774. Fine. S. n. Marc Michel Rey à Londres London Amsterdam 1774 12.50 x 19.50 cm relié Rare and interesting gathering of these two works. New edition of the Système de la nature after the rare first edition of 1770 and first edition of Helvetius's work at the same date of 1774 as this new edition of Mirabaud; in reality three editions appeared at the same date with different collation without being able to determine if there is a true first edition. Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Richly decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume label. Red edges. Tail headcaps torn away. A brown stain on the upper board of volume I. Restoration using a piece of leather on the upper board of volume II. Fairly good copy. Helvetius's work is an exegesis and examination of the Système de la nature the author seems to have condensed the material in the form of maxims and assertions all resting on a strong materialist creed. We now know that the work may not be by Helvetius although we recognize his philosophy in it. As for Mirabaud's Système de la nature it was received like a bombshell in literary circles and ultimately quite poorly received by the philosophers. It was not d'Holbach's openly materialist theses that were condemned but the demonstration of atheism and anticlericalism. S. n.[ Marc Michel Rey] hardcover
1781BOOKS314212A Londres. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1781. Later Edition. hardcover. Sm 8vo. 316 387 pp. Early cloth. Later printing of PMM 215. . hardcover
177456169London. Very Good. 1774. Hardcover. Recent half calf with marbled boards; most of original leather spines laid down. Two volumes. Nouvelle edition. 397; 500 84 3pp. Half title pages. Lacks frontis portrait. Scattered foxing some pencil underlining. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
1770CLL-533Londres [Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey], 1770 2 volumes in-8 de (6) ff., 366 pp. - (3) ff., 408 pp., maroquin rouge, triple filet doré d'encadrement avec motifs dorés aux angles, dos lisses ornés de caissons de fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin havane, coupes et bordures décorées, tranches dorées (reliures de l'époque).
177391431773 Londres , 1773 ; 3 parties en un volume in-8, pleine basane fauve marbrée de l' époque, dos à nerfs, titre doré sur étiquette de maroquin rouge, tomaison dorée sur étiquette de maroquin vert, tranches rouges; (viii), 218pp. ( dont viii d'Introduction), (2)pp.; (4),166, (2)pp.; (4),174,(2)pp.Les tables des 2ème et 3ème parties ont été interverties par le relieur.
177340375London [recte: Amsterdam, M.M. Rey], 1773. 8vo. Bound in one beautiful contemporary full mottled calf binding with five raised bands to richly gilt spine triple gilt line-borders to boards and inner gilt dentelles. Edges of boards with single gilt line. All edges gilt. Corners abit bumped and a bit of overall wear. Inner hinges a bit weak. Internally very fine and clean. All in all a very fine copy indeed. (4), 210176" 167 pp. With all three half-titles, all three title-pages and all three indexes, as well as the introduction.
1773393281773 3 volumes grand in-8 (205 x 125 mm), maroquin rouge de lépoque, dos lisses richement ornés de compartiments fleuronnés et cloisonnés, palettes et filets dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin havane, triples filets en encadrement des plats fermés de fleurons dangle, filet doré sur les coupes, dentelle intérieure, contre-plats et gardes de papier dAugsbourg doré et étoilé, viii (faux-titre et titre inclus), viii, 218, (2) pages, (4), 174, (2) pages, (1) f. blanc et (4), 166, (2) pages, (1) feuillet blanc. Londres [i.e. Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey], 1773.
177046402283Londres, , 1770 ; 2 volumes in-8, veau brun marbré, dos ornés, tranches rouges. (Reliures de l’époque) 6 ff. n. ch. (fx. titre, titre, avis de l’éditeur, préface de l’auteur, table), 370 pp. - 2 ff. (titre, table), 412 pp.ÉDITION À LA DATE DE L’ORIGINALE. Elle ne correspond à aucune des trois décrites par Vercruysse, ni à celle décrite par Tchemerzine. Le fleuron qui orne le 1er titre est différent de ceux connus, tout comme la disposition typographique des 2 titres. Cette édition ne comporte pas d’errata, ce qui laisse penser que les fautes y ont été corrigées. Mouillure marginale sur les 2 premiers ff. de chaque tome, sinon bel exemplaire.
17709345Londres, sans nom, 1770. 2 volumes in-8 de [10]-370-[6] et [4]-412 pages, demi-basane brune, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre et tomaison noires, épidermures, coupes frottées, intérieur taché.2 in-8 volumes of [10]-370-[6] and [4]-412 pages, half brown sheepskin, smooth decorated back, black title and volume number labels, scratches, rubbed cuts, stained interior.
177395654Londres [Amsterdam, M.M. Rey], 1773, 3 tomes en un vol. in-8°, viii-viii-218-(2),(4)-174-(2) et (8)-166-(1) pp, reliure demi-veau naturel, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque), tranches rouges, bon exemplaire, malgré de nombreuses soulignures au crayon rouge (très propres) faites par un historien spécialiste d'Holbach. Edition originale complète des 3 parties reliées en 1 volume : Principes naturels de la morale ; Principes naturels de la politique ; De l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs
1770142471770 Londres (Amsterdam), sans nom d'éditeur (Marc-Michel Rey), 1770, 2 tomes en 2 vol. in 8 de (12)-370 pp., (4)-412 pp., rel. d'ép. plein veau brun moucheté, dos lisses ornés de fers dorés, pièces de titres de maroquin rouge et de tomaisons de maroquin vert, encadrements de triple-filets dorés sur les plats, tranches jaspées bleues, très bel exemplaire rare en cette condition.
177096343Londres [Amsterdam] Marc-Michel Rey 1770 1 vol. relié 2 tomes en 1 vol. in-8, demi-basane noire à coins sertis d'un double filet or, dos à nerfs rehaussé de filets à froid, caissons ornés de fleurons et dentelles dorés avec un triple filet doré en encadrement, tranches marbrées (reliure postérieure), (10) + 366 et (6) + 408 pp. Edition originale de second tirage, intégrant les corrections du premier, de cette audacieuse synthèse du matérialisme qui fit scandale à sa parution et fut aussitôt condamnée à la destruction. Manque la page de faux-titre du premier tome, sinon plaisant exemplaire en reliure moderne.
177096343Londres [Amsterdam] Marc-Michel Rey 1770 1 vol. relié 2 tomes en 1 vol. in-8, demi-basane noire à coins sertis d'un double filet or, dos à nerfs rehaussé de filets à froid, caissons ornés de fleurons et dentelles dorés avec un triple filet doré en encadrement, tranches marbrées (reliure postérieure), (10) + 366 et (6) + 408 pp. Edition originale de second tirage, intégrant les corrections du premier, de cette audacieuse synthèse du matérialisme qui fit scandale à sa parution et fut aussitôt condamnée à la destruction. Manque la page de faux-titre du premier tome, sinon plaisant exemplaire en reliure moderne.
177317855Londres, sans nom, 1773. 3 volumes in-12 de 318; 252; [4]-239 pages, plein veau moucheté, dos lisses ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et tomaison bordeaux, tranches marbrées bleues.
177436999S. n. [ Marc Michel Rey] | à Londres [Amsterdam] 1774 | 12.50 x 19.50 cm | relié
