Lot n° 1465

HOLBACH, Paul Henri Dietrich d' La morale universelle, ou Les devoirs de l’homme fondés sur sa nature. Tome premier (- troisième). 1776 M.M. Rey, 3 vols, 8vo,  cont. mottled sheep (somewhat worn and tanned), gilt flat spine, marbled edges,...

Estimation : 200 / 300
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
marbled endpapers, xii-xxiv-286, [4]-256, [4]-283-[1] pp. Good set.
Rare original ed. of a major work of the atheist philosopher Holbach (1723-1789), attempting to describe a system of morality in place of the Christian one he had so fiercely attacked. With the cancellans (carton) between pp. 110-111 of v. 3. Engr. vignette on titles. Bookseller’s stamps on endpapers.
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