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Philosophy] - HOBBES, Thomas - De la nature humaine, ou Exposition des facultés, des actions & des passions de l’ame, & de leurs causes déduites d’après des principes philosophiques qui ne sont communément ni reçus ni connus [trsl. from the English by Paul H.D. baron d’Holbach]. Londres [= Amsterdam, M.-M. Rey], 1772, 8vo, mod. half vellum (soiled), flat spine with blindst. title, marbl. endpapers, red silk marker, [2]-iv-171-[1] pp. (title soiled, dampstain in top inner margin of 1st ff.). Good copy.
Rare orig. ed. of the French trsl. by Baron d’Holbach (1723-1789) of “Human nature” (1650) by the English rationalist philosopher Hobbes (1588-1679). Holbach’s trsl. is also a statement of the radical Enlightenment. Ref. Vercruysse (Holbach) 1772.D.2. Conlon 72:860. ESTC T79293. STCN (BL only).