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[HOLBACH, PAUL-HENRY THIRI, Baron d'.] Système de la Nature;ou, Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral. Par M. Mirabaud [pseud.]. [12], 370, [2]; [4], 412 pages; lacks the 2 errata leaves at end of second volume. 2 volumes. 8vo, 192x122 mm, contemporary green-dyed vellum boards with morocco lettering pieces, some wear, top of Volume 2 spine chipped; contents toned with browning at beginning and end of both volumes. London [i. e., Amsterdam], 1770
first edition of Holbach's most famous work. "The first--and only--example in the Enlightenment of a comprehensive, unmitigated defense of atheistic materialism" (EP). Printing and the Mind of Man 214; Vercruysse 1770 A6.
