Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 67

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
[DIDEROT, DENIS.] Principes de la Philosophie Morale; ou, Essai de M. S[haftesbury] sur le Mérite et la Vertu. 2 etched plates, title vignette, and 2 divisional headpieces by Fessard after Durand. xxx, 297, [13] pages. 8vo, 168x104 mm, contemporary tan calf, flat spine gilt with morocco lettering piece, front joint starting; contents generally clean. Bookplate of André Morellet. Amsterdam: Zacharie Chatelain [i. e., Paris?], 1745

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first edition of an adaptation by Diderot of the Earl of Shaftesbury's Essay concerning Virtue and Merit. Adams PY1; Tchemerzine (1977) II, 916.