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1018050132.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1163201057.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1432624229.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1166004619.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
17734276London i.e. Maastricht: Dufour & Roux 1773. Very Good. 23 cm; cxxv 1 110 pages. Title page printed in red and black. Half title present. Woodcut device on title page; typographic ornaments in text. Bound in original publisher's boards untrimmed and unsophisticated. Leaves sewn out of order in first signature but all pages present. Pervasive damp stain at lower right corner of text block. Reference: Smith Bibliography of the writings of Helvetius B.4. <br /><br />A philosophical inquiry into happiness which Helvetius worked on sporadically during the last 30 years of his life. The line of reasoning accords remarkably well with recent studies of human happiness by "positive psychologists" such as Martin Seligman: happiness is a mental state independent of the things and places we seek it. The unfinished poem was published in a small edition with a long biographical preface six months after Helvetius died. No less than ten printings surfaced all of them with surreptitious imprints within a year of the initial publication. These have been elegantly sorted and exhaustively described by David Smith in the bibliography cited. Our copy was the fourth printing. [Dufour & Roux] hardcover
184335605BB1843 . Nouvelle édition augmentée d'un essai préliminaire par P. Christian. Paris: Lavigne 1843. Kl.-8°. XVII 432 S. Halbleder mit goldgeprägtem Rücken Ex Libris der Zeit auf Innendeckel; teilweise leicht stockfleckig; altersgemäss gut erhalten unknown
1780174645A Londres 1780. Relié. Etat moyen. in-8. Pleine reliure Charnières et coiffes accidentées Coins frottés unknown
2118-07Paris Chasseriau 1822. Nouvelles Edition. 2 Bde. 12°. XV 483; 540 S. Pbde. d. Zt. Kap. u. Kanten berieb. Helvetius 1715-1771. franz. Philosoph. Sein in Auseinandersetzung mit Locke entstandenes Hauptwerk "De l'Esprit" 1758 dt. 1760 die einzige Veröffentlichung zu Lebzeiten wurde öffentlich verbrannt. H. baute eine streng sensualistisch begründete praktische Philosophie auf in der er das Prinzip der Selbstliebe in den Mittelpunkt stellte. Paris, Chasseriau 1822. unknown
17277948JB1727. Nouvelle edition. Band 1 von 2. Paris Le Mercier 1727. 8 Bl. 517 S. 1 Bl. XXIII Index. Lederband der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung und gepunzten und vergoldeten Kanten berieben geringfügiger Wurmfraß. Roter Sprenkelschnitt. Vorsatz mit Bleistift beschrieben. Stellenweise geringfügig bis leicht fleckig sonst innen in schöner Erhaltung. unknown
1402162243.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1773179London: n.p. 1773. 12mo pp. 4 LXII 77 3; title page decorated with a ornament illustration; full calf spine decorated in blind paste paper endpapers edges stained blue; bookplate of Joh. Bap. Gr. Orlick Freih. von Lazischka on verso of title page with his signature on title page boards a little bowed a few pages soiled at the bottom edge otherwise text clean and sound very good.A much pirated title this also likely a false imprint and produced on the continent. With a 62-page life of the author. [n.p.] hardcover
1998282874Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1998. hardcover. fine/near fine. Edited by David Smith et al. Illustrated. xx 406pp. 8vo blue cloth d.w. Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1998. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> University of Toronto Press unknown
17810Londres: 1775. The second work 1776. 4 volumes 8vo 8 x 5 1/4 inches. L'Homme pages xvi:495 & 615; L'Esprit pages: viii:634 & 226:civ:106-201 with an engraved portrait of the author. Contemporary full tan calf wide decorative gilt border to sides all edges gilt. The bindings very rubbed and dry all backstrips defective corners rubbed through. An ideal cadidate for rebinding as internally very good and bound with the half titles; priced to allow for such. Londres: 1775. unknown
68561Couverture rigide. Bon/1776. in-12. Londres 1776 in-12 284pp Plein veau Très bel exemplaire! unknown
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1792S11263Paris:: Jean Servieres Jean Francois Bastien 1792. 1792. Five volumes. 8vo. xxiv lxxiv 75-446; xii 419; xiv viii 9-349; 4 xii 315; 4 viii 339 pp. Occasional faint spotting not affecting legibility. Full tree calf triple-gilt-ruled covers gilt-stamped spines and red leather spine labels gilt-tooled inside edges; spines rubbed some leather labels chipped Vol. 5 head torn Vol. 1 front cover stained three front covers joints neatly reattached with kozo Vols. 1 3 5. Half-title ownership stamp of Andre Lepine. RARE. Good. The collected works of Helvetius the noted philosopher freemason and 'litterateur'. "In 1758 Helvétius published his philosophical magnum opus a work called De l'esprit On Mind which claimed that all human faculties are attributes of mere physical sensation and that the only real motive is self-interest therefore there is no good and evil only competitive pleasures. Its atheistic utilitarian and egalitarian doctrines raised a public outcry and the Sorbonne publicly burned it in 1759 forcing Helvétius to issue several retractions". / " The work attracted immediate attention and aroused the most formidable opposition especially from the dauphin Louis son of King Louis XV. The Advocate General Joly de Fleury condemned it in the Parlement of Paris in January 1759. The Sorbonne condemned the book while the priests persuaded the court that it was full of the most dangerous doctrines. The book was declared to be heretical – so atheistic that it was condemned by Church and State and was burned. Helvétius terrified at the storm he had raised wrote three separate and humiliating retractions. In spite of his protestations of orthodoxy the book was publicly burned by the Paris hangman". Wikip. / De l'homme de ses facultés intellectuelles et de son éducation On Man was published in 1773. Contains: De l'Esprit; De l'Homme et de Son Education; Le Bonheur; Epitres. See: Helvetius: A Study in Persecution by David Warner Smith Clarendon Press Oxford 1965. Jean Servieres, Jean Francois Bastien, 1792. hardcover
1810112100James Cundee 1810. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Two volumes. Worn and mildly foxed. Name written on front flyleaf. James Cundee hardcover
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178438284Aux Deux Ponts: Sanson & Compagnie. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1784. Leather. ". .la marche progressive de la civilisation et les besoins actuels de la France ; seconde edition revue corrigee et considérablement augmentee. " bound in full tree leather lined in gilt. With armorial bookplates of George Philips with the names J K and B J Brown- Annapolis 1926. Vol I with front cover hinge cracked. 271 397 273. This date not listed in WorldCat. How the faculties develop. . Sanson & Compagnie hardcover
7030HELVETIUS Claude Adrien. LE VRAI SENS DU SYSTEME DE LA NATURE. Londres The Hague: N.P. 1774. 8vo. Disbound. 84 3 pages. First edition Helvetius 1715-1771 was a philosopher and one of the Encyclopedists. He he various high positions in the French government until he retired to write. H works influenced James Mill and Jeremy Bentham. This work was published thre years after Helvetius' death. Signature on the title page else very good. unknown
38078Paris Durand 1769. XX. 481 pages. 21x13cm. Demi-cuir à coins. Dos lisse doré. Petits manques de cuir au dos. Coins et coiffes émoussés. Déchirure sur la page de titre ainsi que sur la page 327. Rousseurs éparses. Papier légèrement Jauni. Quelques traces de plis. Ouvrage célèbre condamné par la Sorbonne et mis à l'Index où Helvétius se réclame des principes de Locke et prend pour bases de sa morale l'utilité et le plaisir. Helvetius était encore au collège lorsquil connut le livre de lEntendement humain de Locke. Ce livre le bouleversait et il devient un disciple zélé de Locke en ajoutant des découvertes à celles de son maître à la recherche des rapports des lois de la nature et le bonheur des hommes. Paris, Durand, 1769. unknown
MA03OS-00071Albion Press. Collectible - Acceptable. Albion Press 1810. 8vo Hardcover. 4frontisxxxviii498pp4. Poor book. 1/4 leather backed marbled boards with decorative gilt compartments raised spine bands gilt spine lettering and green endpapers. Heavy edgewear. Boards rubbed. Pages age toned. Penciled notations to the verso front free endpaper and first blank. Bottom corner of page 409 torn away with some text missing. With typical period foxing throughout. philosophy enlightenment atheism Inquire if you need further information. Albion Press hardcover
17271344CB1727. Nouvelle édition. 2 Bände. Paris Le Mercier 1727-1734. Kl.-8°. 6 Bl. 501 S. 13 Bl. - 482 S. 11 Bl. Späterer Halbpergamentband mit marmoriertem Deckel und umlaufendem Rotschnitt. Band I S. 465/466 oben mit ausgerissener Ecke etwas Textverlust. Band II Titelblatt mit professionell hinterlegter Fehlstelle am Oberrand erstes Wort des Titels fehlt. Stellenweise geringfügig fleckig Band I teils auch mit sehr hellem Feuchtigkeitsrand entlang des Kopfschnittes. Sonst beide Bände in äußerst schöner Erhaltung. unknown
1781elala1449aLondon i.e. Paris: Cazin 1781. 1781. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l. lvii 1 leaf 176. with half-title. engraved frontis. portrait by Dupin after Vanloo. contemporary mottled calf gilt back all edges gilt joints cracked spine ends chipped. Smith B15. Tchemerzine VI 198 a. Hardcover. London [i.e. Paris: Cazin], 1781. Hardcover
1774009257Liege: Bassompiere 1774. Due volumi in 8vo 12x19 cm di XVI-495pp e 615pp. Mancano gli occhielli. Graziosa legatura dell'inizio dell'800 dorso liscio ornato e dorato piatti marmorizzati. Bassompiere unknown
