SHAFTESBURY (Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of) 1671-1713: The Councils, by the Earl of Shaftesbury, Translated from the English. London, 1773; in 8°, full marbled fawn calf, very ornate smooth spine, red marbled title page, spotted edges. This is the first French edition of the main work of this English moralist, Soliloquy, or Advice to an Author, published in 1710, in which he places virtue and honesty above all political calculations. A fine copy, complete with the frontispiece portrait.