Helvétius (Claude Adrien) De l'Esprit, first edition, early issue, half-title, title with large woodcut ornament of cornucopia, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some browning, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and some corners worn, 4to, Paris, Durand, 1758. ⁂ Hugely controversial work which caused an outcry on its publication and was confiscated by the censors and burnt. This is an early issue (M in the date is directly above the second P but with "Dicours" in head-line of pp.67, 97, 179 & 237).
Helvétius (Claude Adrien) De l'Esprit, first edition, early issue, half-title, title with large woodcut ornament of cornucopia, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some browning, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and some corners worn, 4to, Paris, Durand, 1758. ⁂ Hugely controversial work which caused an outcry on its publication and was confiscated by the censors and burnt. This is an early issue (M in the date is directly above the second P but with "Dicours" in head-line of pp.67, 97, 179 & 237).
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