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Systême de la Nature. ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral (The System of Nature. or The Laws of the Physical and Moral World)
by HOLBACH, Baron Paul von
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Londres: par M. Mirabaud, 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The Bible of Materialism (PMM 215)
HOLBACH, Baron Paul von. Systême de la Nature. ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral (The System of Nature. or The Laws of the Physical and Moral World), par M. Mirabaud, [printer unidentified], Londres [Amsterdam], 1770. In two volumes: Volume 1: 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + 2 pp. = Avis de lEditeur + 4 pp. = Preface de lAutuer + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] [370] + 1 blank leaf; Volume 2: 1 blank leaf + TP + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] 412 + 4 pp. = errata1 blank leaf; small Octavo. First Edition, First Printing. PMM 215
This is the true first edition with the correct pagination and the comma after Londres. Also included here is the rarely seen 4-page Errata at the end of volume 1 -- which was added during the printing process when the mistakes were first discovered.
In the Systême Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all phenomena, physical and mental, in terms of matter in motion. Holbach rejected religion because he saw it as a wholly harmful influence, and he tried to supply a desirable alternative.
Holbach was the foremost exponent of atheistic materialism, and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. (EP, Vol. 4, p. 49) He could not publish safely under his own name, but had the ingenious idea of using the names of recently dead French authors. Thus, in 1770, his most famous book, The System of Nature, appeared under the name of Jean-Baptiste Mirabaud (PMM).
PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 215
CONDITION: Very good. Contemporary quarter calf marbled boards.. Gilt lettering to spine with title and volume numbers on fields of red. Spines of both volumes with a bit of sun-fading. Pages bright and clean. Tightly bound. A lovely, clean and crisp copy of Holbachs most important work
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HOLBACH, Baron Paul von. Systême de la Nature. ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral (The System of Nature. or The Laws of the Physical and Moral World), par M. Mirabaud, [printer unidentified], Londres [Amsterdam], 1770. In two volumes: Volume 1: 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + 2 pp. = Avis de lEditeur + 4 pp. = Preface de lAutuer + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] [370] + 1 blank leaf; Volume 2: 1 blank leaf + TP + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] 412 + 4 pp. = errata1 blank leaf; small Octavo. First Edition, First Printing. PMM 215
This is the true first edition with the correct pagination and the comma after Londres. Also included here is the rarely seen 4-page Errata at the end of volume 1 -- which was added during the printing process when the mistakes were first discovered.
In the Systême Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all phenomena, physical and mental, in terms of matter in motion. Holbach rejected religion because he saw it as a wholly harmful influence, and he tried to supply a desirable alternative.
Holbach was the foremost exponent of atheistic materialism, and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. (EP, Vol. 4, p. 49) He could not publish safely under his own name, but had the ingenious idea of using the names of recently dead French authors. Thus, in 1770, his most famous book, The System of Nature, appeared under the name of Jean-Baptiste Mirabaud (PMM).
PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 215
CONDITION: Very good. Contemporary quarter calf marbled boards.. Gilt lettering to spine with title and volume numbers on fields of red. Spines of both volumes with a bit of sun-fading. Pages bright and clean. Tightly bound. A lovely, clean and crisp copy of Holbachs most important work
PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 681
- Title
- Systême de la Nature. ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral (The System of Nature. or The Laws of the Physical and Moral World)
- Author
- HOLBACH, Baron Paul von
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- par M. Mirabaud
- Place of Publication
- Londres
- Date Published
- 1770
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- PMM, Enlightenment, philosophy, science
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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