BALTUS (Jean-François) Defense of the SS. Fathers accuse of platonism Paris, Le Conte & Montalant, 1711, fort vol. in-4, [24] ff. n. ch. (title, dedication to the Cardinal of Rohan, preface, table of chapters), [638] pp. badly ciphered 640 (there is a jump of ciphers from 227 to 230 on the same page), [7] ff. n. ch. of table of contents and privilege, blue marbled paperboard, smooth spine decorated with golden garlands, brick title piece, yellow edges (rel. of the beginning of the XIXth c.). One upper jaw cracked, tear at ff. 303-304 awkwardly repaired. First edition of this work, which at the outset is only a rebuttal of the Platonism unveiled (Cologne [Amsterdam], 1700) by the pastor Jacques Souverain2