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Rotterdam, Michel Bohm, 1720. In 2nd. 392 x 250mm. 4 vols. Title pages in red and black with vignettes engraved by W. De Gouwen after A. Vander Werf, dedication in red and black with large drop cap engraved by Bernard Picart. woodcut ornaments and initials, flourishes, coeval mottled calfskin binding, worn.
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Third revised and expanded edition, edited by Prosper Marchand: the most interesting edition and the first to contain all of Bayle's additions. The most important and influential skeptic of the late 17th century, Bayle provided the philosophers of the Enlightenment with a wealth of ridiculous arguments and motivations with which to attack the intellectual Ancien Regime. This, his major work, was composed with the intention of correcting the errors of Moreri's Grand Dictionnaire. "For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopédie, Bayle's Dictionnaire dominated enlightened thought throughout Europe." (PMM) "Edition la plus belle et qui a été longtemps la plus recherché de ce dictionnaire". Brunet I 711; Picot, Rothschild, III 2502.
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