BAYLE (Pierre). [FRÉDÉRIC II (roi de Prusse) et D'ARGENS (Jean-Baptiste Boyer)] Extrait du Dictionnaire historique et critique de Bayle, divisé en 2 volumes, avec une préface. A Berlin, chez Chrétien Frédéric Voss, 1765; two volumes in one in 8°, red morocco, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets and a repeated fleuron depicting a star, double gilt fillet on covers, edges gilt over marbling. Contemporary binding. Uncommon first edition of this selection of articles from Bayle's Dictionnaire historique, produced by Frédéric II of Prussia, author of the preface, and the Marquis d'Argens, . The choice of articles reveals the intentions of the authors, who chose biographies of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, Origen, Epicurus, Diogenes... and modern ones such as Hobbes, Avveroes, Savonarola, Spinoza... A very fine copy, complete with frontispiece featuring Bayle's portrait. From the Library of Edouard Rahir, with his ex libris.
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BAYLE (Pierre). [FRÉDÉRIC II (roi de Prusse) et D'ARGENS (Jean-Baptiste Boyer)] Extrait du Dictionnaire historique et critique de Bayle, divisé en 2 volumes, avec une préface. A Berlin, chez Chrétien Frédéric Voss, 1765; two volumes in one in 8°, red morocco, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets and a repeated fleuron depicting a star, double gilt fillet on covers, edges gilt over marbling. Contemporary binding. Uncommon first edition of this selection of articles from Bayle's Dictionnaire historique, produced by Frédéric II of Prussia, author of the preface, and the Marquis d'Argens, . The choice of articles reveals the intentions of the authors, who chose biographies of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, Origen, Epicurus, Diogenes... and modern ones such as Hobbes, Avveroes, Savonarola, Spinoza... A very fine copy, complete with frontispiece featuring Bayle's portrait. From the Library of Edouard Rahir, with his ex libris.