Oct 02, 2002 - Sale 1944

Sale 1944 - Lot 243

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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
De la Recherche de la Vérité, où l'on traite de la Nature de l'Esprit de l'Homme, & de l'Usage, qu'il en doit faire pour éviter l'Erreur des Sciences.<> Errata leaves present. 4 volumes. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, varying wear to spine ends. Paris: Michel David, 1712

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Sixth and last edition published during Malebranche's lifetime of his first work, which originally appeared in 1674-75, "a guide to the avoidance of error and defining truth in mathematical fashion. It also puts forward his best-known philosophical theory, that of 'la vision en Dieu' " (NOCFL).<