[MALEBRANCHE, NICOLAS.] 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. Engraved diagram facing page 64. [42], 420 pages. 12mo, 163x91 mm, contemporary calf gilt, worn, spine ends chipped; contents clean apart from old partly scored inscriptions on title and faint dampstain in lower outer corner of preliminaries. Paris: André Prallard, 1674
first edition of Malebranche's first book, "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). A second volume was published the following year.
