first edition, second issue, of a controversial work first published the same year. "Helvétius's synthesis of sensationalist and materialist philosophy in De l'Esprit . . . revealed the socially radical and antireligious implications of these schools of thought" (DLB), leading both civil and religious authorities to condemn the book. Rieber & Gach 200; Smith E.1B; Tchemerzine (1977) III, 672.
bound with: Arrest du Conseil d'État du Roi, rendu au Sujet du Privilége ci-devant accordé pour l'Impression de l'Ouvrage intitulé, De l'Esprit. Du 10 Août 1758. [2] pages. (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1758). Judgment annulling the royal privilege for the publication of De l'Esprit. and: Helvétius, Claude-Adrien. Lettre au Révérend Père Jésuite. 4 pages. Np, [1758]. Combined third edition of Helvetius's 2 retractions of the book.