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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Illuminismo - Holbach, Paul Henri Dietrich, baron d`

Tableau des saints, ou Examen de esprit, de la conduite, des maximes & du mérite des personnages que le Christianisme révère & propose pour modèles. Tome premier [-seconds], 1770

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€ 200 - 400

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€ 960

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Information

London [Amsterdam], [Marc Michel Rey], 1770. In 8th. 2 vols. Eye, woodcut friezes, marbled guard cards, slight blooms, some slightly burnished cards, contemporary parchment binding, gilded frame on the plates, red gusset with title embossed in gold on the back with 4 nerves with floral motif, slight halos, light back skinning.

Specialist Notes

First edition of this work written by Baron d'Holbach (1723-1789), philosopher, scientific popularizer and encyclopedist collaborator of Diderot and d'Alembert. An important figure in the panorama of the European radical Enlightenment, he distinguished himself for his strongly anti-clerical and anti-Christian positions. & Nbsp;