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Description
[LITERATURE]
HELVETIUS (Claude Adrien):
De l’Esprit.
Paris. Durand, bookseller, 1769.
In-8°, XX–481 pages, 2 unnumbered pages. Contemporary full binding in marbled calfskin. Smooth spine, decorated with gilt metal tools and fleurons.
The work was published in 1758, but was immediately censored by the Sorbonne as ‘containing all the poisons scattered throughout various modern books’."
Tchemerzine identifies this edition (page 189) as the first in 8° format. He gives no further details about it.
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10/15/2026 at 1:00 PM
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