First (only) edition thus,
published with an introduction by the author's friend Charles de Manoel de Végobre. Firmin
Abauzit, born from a French protestant family that established at Geneva after the revocation of the Edict of
Nantes, was mathematician, philosopher and librarian of the library of Geneva. A man with great talents
and knowledge of almost all sciences of his time he held relations with among others Bayle, Jurieu, Basnage
and Newton. He was the only living person to whom Rousseau devoted a panegyric describing him as 'the
only true philosopher brought forth by the age of philosophy'. *Hoefer I,c.37. Cioranescu 7237.
BARBEYRAC, Jean (1674-
1744) Traité de la morale des pères de l'église:
où en défendant un article de la préface sur Puffendorf, contre l'Apologie de la
morale des pères du P. Ceillier ... on fait diverses reflexions sur plusieurs matieres
importantes.
Amsterdam, Herman Uytwerf 1728. 4to. XLII,[2],334,[20]p. Contemp.
calf-backed marbled boards, red edges, little worn, slightly defective at top of back, label gone. (#16831)
eur 375
First (only) edition. An
answer to objections made by Remy Ceillier, a Benedictine priest, against Barbeyrac's preface to his
translation of Pufendorf's
Of the law of nature and nations. Jean Barbeyrac, a Frenchman by
birth and a protestant refugee, was professor of law in Groningen from 1717 until his death. Though he is
best known for his esteemed annotated editions of works of Grotius, Pufendorf, and others, he was also a
writer on his own account who in all his works firmly advocated political and religious tolerance. *NNBW
I,c.236.
Bound with:
TURRETTINUS, or TURRETIN, Jean Alphonse
(1671-1737) Nubes testium pro moderato et pacifico de rebus theologicis
judicio, et instituenda inter protestantes concordia ... Genève, Fabri & Barrillot 1719. XX,57,186p.
Margins somewhat stained.
First edition. The author was professor of church history and theology in Geneva, an adversary of the then
prevailing orthodoxy and advocate of religious tolerance and the reconciliation of the various protestant,
particularly the Lutheran and Anglican churches.
Bayle,P. - LABROUSSE,E.
Pierre Bayle. Tome 1: Du pays de foix a la cité d'Erasme.
La Haye,
M.Nijhoff 1963. X,280p. Orig. cloth, faded. (International archives of the history of ideas 1)
(#35563) eur 45
[BECCARIA, Cesare (1738-
1794)] Traité des délits et des peines, traduit de l'Italien
d'après la troisième édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée par
l'auteur. Avec des additions de l'auteur, qui n'ont pas encore paru en Italien.
Lausanne, [no
publisher] 1766. Small 8vo. XXIV,248,[4]p. Contemp. calf, back richly gilt, marbled
endpapers, red edges, minor defect at top of back. A very nice copy indeed. (#19941) eur 600
First (?) French edition. Beccaria's
magnum opus
Dei delitti e delle pene (1764) marks a turn-point in the thinking of crime.
Beccaria argued that the gravity of crime should be related to the harm done to society and that the gravity
of punishment should be related to that. He also argued that the prevention of crime is of greater importance
for society than its punishment, and that certainty of punishment is more important than its severity.
The first French translation was done by the abbé Morellet and appeared in 1766. There are editions
with imprint Lausanne and with imprint
Philadelphie, and there are also differences in the
numbers of pages. *Camus 371 (Lausanne and
Philadelphie). Weller II,p.175
(
Philadelphie only). Barbier IV,c.777 (Lausanne, XXXII,286 pages). Various booksellers have
offered copies with imprint Lausanne but with varying numbers of pages, all identified as from the first
French edition: Quaritch, London (Catalogue 1171, nr 14), Plantureux, Paris (Catalogue 1991, nr 194), and
Gerits, Amsterdam (Catalogue 62, nr 30). Brunet I,c.729. Printing and the mind of man 209.
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-
1822) The book of fallacies: from unfinished papers of Jeremy Bentham.
By a friend.
London: John and H.L. Hunt 1824. XI,411p. Mid-nineteenth century
black cloth, gilt back, marbled sides. Minor paperspotting in the begining. (#29634) eur 500
First edition. This volume treats
fallacies of authority, danger, delay and confusion. It was 'drawn up from the most unfinished of all Mr.
Bentham's manuscripts', the larger part of which was previously published in French by Etienne Dumont.
Yet the editor thought it useful to publish this English volume because 'the original papers contain many
applications of the writer's principles to British institutions and British interest which, with a view to
continental circulation, have been judiciously omitted by M. Dumont'.
BLOCK, Maurice (1816-
1901) Dictionnaire général de la politique. Avec la
collaboration d'hommes d'état, de publicistes et d'écrivains de tous les pays. Nouvelle
édition entièrement refondue et mise à jour.
Paris, O.Lorenz 1873-74.
2 volumes. VIII,1168; IV,1152p. Contemp. half calf, gilt backs, marbled sides and endpapers.
(#20433) eur 150
Second revised
edition. Among the many French and foreign contributors are the marquis d'Audiffret, A.Batbie,
H.Baudrillart, E.H. von Baumhauer, J.C.Bluntschli, Victor Böhmert, Michel Chevalier, Joseph
Garnier, F.Guizot, Paul Janet, Clément Juglar, E.Levasseur, H. von Mangoldt, Auguste Ott, Ernest
Renan and Wilhelm Roscher.
BROUGHAM, Henry (1778-
1868) An inquiry into the colonial policy of the European powers.
Edinburgh, printed by D.Willison, for E.Balfour 1803. 2 volumes. [IV],588;
[V],588p. Contemp. calf, backs with labels. (#13483) eur 375
First edition. The first considerable
book of the author largely relating to America and including resumés of the policies of the Spanish,
English, French and colonial governments. The chapter 'of the commercial relations between a state and its
colonies' contains a criticism of the opinions of Adam Smith, stating that the monopoly of the colonial trade
did not produce all the detrimental effects ascribed to it. Brougham strongly denounced slavery, not only
because he considered the slave trade 'not a trade but a crime', but also because he judged it unprofitable.
*Kress B.4634. Sabin 8409. Palgrave I,p.181. New Palgrave I,p.279.
BüCHNER, Ludwig (1824-
1899) Kraft und Stoff. Empirisch-naturphilosophische Studien. In
allgemein-verständlicher Darstellung.
Frankfurt a. M., Verlag von Meidinger Sohn & Cie
1855. Small 8vo. XVI,269,[3]p. Contemp. half green cloth, gilt back, almost invisibly
rebacked with original gilt back laid down. Occasionally mild browning or spotting but a bright copy.
(#30659) eur 1200
First edition. A
classic 'gospel of materialism' that expresses an extreme materialistic philosophy. The author holds that the
organic world, like the inorganic, could be fully explained on purely materialistic lines and that it was only
a question of time before this would be experimentally demonstrated. 'Force and matter' only are real, spirit
and soul are merely forms of thinking resulting from activity of the brain. The book was translated into
many languages and has exercised considerable influence on popular free thinking. Ludwig Büchner
had studied medicine and lectured in Tübingen when he wrote the book, but the outcry provoked by
its publication compelled him to resign and his further life he worked as a physician in Darmstadt. *Printing
and the mind of man 338.
[BURLAMAQUI, Jean Jacques (1694-
1748)] Principes du droit politique.
Amsterdam, Zacharie
Chatelain 1751. 2 volumes in 1. [VI],303; [II],220,[3]p. Contemp. half calf, marbled boards,
gilt back with red label. A very bright copy. (#21290) eur 450
First edition. The second major work
of the author, after the
Principes du droit naturel of 1747, posthumously published. Burlamaqui
was born from an Italian family and became professor of law in Geneva and a well-known protector of the
arts and sciences. Burlamaqui based morality and politics on natural equality by defending individual
freedom and tolerance. He has been praised for the brightness by which he has sketched the framework of
natural law since the great works of Grotius and Pufendorf. Both his two major books were issued again
several times and translated into many languages. *Camus 158.
COURNOT, Antoine Augustin (1801-
1877) Considérations sur la marche des idées et des
événements dans les temps modernes.
Paris, Hachette 1872. 2 volumes.
[IV],418,[1]; [IV],442,[1]p. Early 20th century half brown morocco, gilt backs, marbled sides and
endpapers. Occasionally minor paperspotting. An attractive copy. (#20553) eur 450
First edition. These volumes on the
development of sciences and society since the sixteenth century is the author's work with the most wide-
ranging philosophical outlook. Apart from his public career as a university administrator Cournot occupied
himself with three major themes: mathematics, economics and the philosophy of science, integrated by the
concept of probability by which he is usually remembered. *IESS III,p.430.
Cournot,A.A. - MENTRE,F.
Cournot et la renaissance du probabilisme au XIXe siècle.
Paris,
M.Rivière 1908. VIII,652p. With portrait and facsimile. Orig. cloth, tear in back,
front hinge weak. (Bibliothèque de philosophie expérimentale 5) (#21684) eur 60
[DELISLE DE SALES, Jean Baptiste Claude Izouard,
dit (c.1741-1816)] Lettre de Brutus, sur les
chars anciens et modernes.
Londres [i.e. Paris] 1771. XVI,287p. Contemp. half calf,
gilt back with label. (#18187) eur 350
First (only) edition. A curious work on coach traffic which includes a violent attack on
luxury, of which coaches are said to constitute one of the most characteristic symbols. 'Luxury is the lack
of balance between exuberance and wants, it causes idleness for a large part of the population.' Yet the
author, a well-known and prolific philosopher and historian, does not demand the suppression of the great
fortunes but rather wants the rich to use their fortunes for the public welfare. This book was reprinted
together with some other pieces in 1775 under the title
Paradoxes. *INED 1330. Not in Kress,
Goldsmiths', Einaudi or BMC.
DIBON,P.A.G. L'Enseignement
philosophique dans les universités néerlandaises à l'époque pré-
Cartésienne (1575-1650).
Zonder plaats 1954. X,274p. Diss. Leiden. (#25059)
eur 45
EUCLID. Elementorum
geometricorum. Lib. XV. Cum expositione Theonis in priores XIII à Bartholomaeo Veneto
Latinitate donata, Campani in omnes, & Hypsiclis Alexandrini in duos postremos. His adiecta sunt
Phaenomena, Catoptrica & Optica, deinde protheoria Marini & Data, postremum vero, opusculum de levi &
ponderoso, hactenus non visum, eiusdem autoris.
Basel, Johannes Hervagius 1537.
Folio. [VIII],587p. With printer's mark on title and on verso of last leaf, and numerous
woodcut initials and figures in the text. Old limp vellum, a few imperfections. Title slightly frayed at
margins, scattered scribbling in an old hand. A bright and clean copy with ample margins. Bookplate of the
Bibliotheca Venerab: Conventus Viennensis in Rossaugia Ord. Servorum B.M.V.(#21513)
eur 5500
Euclid's
Elements of
geometry is a compilation of all Greek mathematical knowledge since Pythagoras and has been used
as a textbook for centuries. It was the first mathematical book of any importance to be printed and the first
book using diagrams. Euclid's work is divided into 13 books in which he treats plane geometry, the theory
of proportion, the properties of numbers, irrational quantities, and solid geometry. Two more books were
added by other authors. Our edition has appended some of Euclid's other works: the
Phaenomena (astronomy),
Specularia (catoptrics, of which Euclid's authorship has
been doubted),
Perspectiva (optics), and
Data. This copy complete with the preface
by Philip Melanchthon dated 1537, present in part of the remaining copies only.
The
Elements were printed for the first time in Venice in 1482 by Erhard Ratdolt, in a Latin
translation by Johannes Campanus of Novara, from an Arabic manuscript. In 1505 a translation from the
original Greek (the edition princeps did not appear before 1533) was done by the Venetian Bartolommeo
Zamberti. The present edition largely follows the text of the edition brought out in Paris in 1516 giving
both the translations by Campanus and by Zamberti in conjunction. It has Euclid's enunciations headed
Eucli. ex Camp., followed in a smaller type by the proof headed
Campanus and by
text found in Campanus' translation but not in the Greek text with the heading
Campani additio.
Next follow the enunciations according to Zamberti's translation from the Greek headed
Eucli. ex
Zamb., then again in a smaller type the proof headed
Theon ex Zamb. The present edition
is augmented with Euclid's other works as quoted. The figures are printed within the text, whereas other
editions have the figures printed in the margins.
*P.M.M. 25. Thomas-Stanford 9.
[FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb (1762-
1814)] Versuch einer Critik aller Offenbarung.
Königsberg, im Verlag der Hartungschen Buchhandlung 1792. [II],182p. With
vignette on title by J.W.M[eil]. Modern boards, back lettered black, red edges. Former owner's name on
first blank, long contemporary annotation on last blank, some unobtrusive marginal striping. A nice copy
indeed. (#28779) eur 1500
First
edition, first issue without the preface. Fichte's first book that immediately made his reputation. It was
written in five weeks and published with the help of Kant. It appeared without Fichte's name on the title
and therefore generally held for a work by Kant. After Kant's disclosure of the name of the real author
Fichte's reputation was made. It gained him a professorship in Jena in 1794, lost after the accusations of
atheism in the so-called
Atheismusstreit. *Baumgartner & Jacobs 2 alpha x.
FREUD, Sigmund (1856-
1939) Die Traumdeutung. Dritte vermehrte Auflage.
Leipzig und
Wien, Franz Deuticke 1911. IX,[1],414,[4]p. Orig. cloth, black number on spine and front,
else bright and clean. (#34368) eur 175
Third edition revised by the author with the help of Otto Rank. First published in 1900
and again in 1908.
FUSTEL DE COULANGES, Numa Denis
(1830-1889) La cité antique. Etude sur le culte, le
droit, les institutions de la Grèce et de Rome.
Paris, Durand 1864. [IV],525p.
Contemp. three quarter cloth, gilt back with red calf label, a bit dust soiled and with a few minor spots,
orig. printed wrappers preserved. (#29659) eur 950
First edition. A seminal study of the religion, laws and institutions of ancient Greece
and Rome, esteemed both for its literary merits and for its emphasis on social factors. Primitive social
organization according to Fustel de Coulanges was based upon a common belief, ancestor worship and the
family. It gradually developed into tribe and city government, lost its cohesion after the Roman conquest
and was finally destroyed by the triumph of Christianity. His emphasis on the importance of religion in the
development of social and political institutions exercised profound influence on modern sociologists like
Emile Durkheim and Ferdinand Tönnies.
Fustel de Coulanges was professor in Strassburg since 1860 and there occupied himself chiefly with Greek
history. He published the present volume at his own expense but it did not attract much attention at the
time, yet it was reprinted many times. After his appointment as professor in Paris, at the Ecole Normale
Supérieure, where he became its director in 1880, and at the Sorbonne, he occupied himself chiefly
with the study of early medieval history. Among his students was Emile Durkheim, who dedicated his
doctoral thesis (
De la division du travail social, 1893) to the memory of his teacher. *IESS
VI,p.43.
Gentili,A. - MOLEN,G.H.J.VAN DER.
Alberico Gentili and the development of international law. His life work and times.
Amsterdam, H.J.Paris 1937. XVI,342p. With facsimile. Thesis VU Amsterdam.
(#18663) eur 90
GOLOVINE, Ivan (1816-
1890) Science de la politique.
Paris, F.Didot 1844.
[IV],398p. Contemp. half calf, gilt back, slightly damaged. (#12201) eur 50
First edition. Divided into five parts:
History of politics, political literature, forms of government, politics at home, and foreign policy.
GRASWINCKEL, Dirck (1600-
1666) Dissertatio de jure praecedentiae inter serenissimam Venetam
Rempubl. & sereniss. Sabaudiae ducem. Opposita dissertationi jussu sereniss. Sabaudiae ducis evulgatae.
Lugd. Batavorum [Leyden], ex officinâ Elzeviriorum [B. & A.Elzevier] 1644.
[XII],355p. Contemp. overlapping vellum. Faint stain in upper margin of first leaves. A fine
copy. (#33418) eur 375
First (only)
edition. The second of two books in which the author, defends the freedom of the Venetian republic. The
first had appeared in 1634 (
Libertas Venetorum) and was the first book of the author, one of the
greatest lawyers of his time. With the present volume Graswinckel defends the historical rights of the
Republic against the claims of the duke of Savoy. It is directed against a work written by order of the duke
by the Italian Jesuit Petrus Menodus, who asserted that the duke of Savoy had the right to the title of king.
It is dedicated to the Venetian ambassador at the peace talks in Munster Alvise Contarini, who procured
Graswinckel's elevation to the rank of Knight of San Marco. Rare.
*Willems 573. Dekkers p.66,4. Liesker p.44-45 and 219-221.
GROTIUS, Hugo (1583-
1645) Le droit de la guerre, et de la paix. Nouvelle traduction, par Jean
Barbeyrac... Avec les notes de l'auteur même, qui n'avoient point encore paru en François; &
de nouvelles notes du traducteur.
Amsterdam, Pierre de Coup 1724. 2 volumes. Large
4to. [VIII],XLIII,[3],518; 519-1001,[39]p. Titles printed in red and black. With an engraved portrait of
Grotius by P. van Gunst after Mierevelt (Van Beresteyn prints 39a), 2 title-vignettes and another vignette.
Contemp. full calf, backs richly gilt with double labels, gilt double-line borders on all sides, sprinkled
edges. A very fine set. (#18359) eur 1250
First edition of Jean Barbeyrac's esteemed translation of Grotius' great
book, the foundation of modern international law. The first French translation was done by Antoine
de Courtin and published for the first time in 1687, and republished in 1688 and 1703. The present second
French translation would become the basis for all later French editions, and Barbeyrac's valuable notes were
included in various editions in other languages.
*Ter Meulen-Diermanse 654. Dekkers p.70,6. Printing and the mind of man 125.
GROTIUS, Hugo (1583-
1645) De mare libero et P. Merula de maribus.
Lugd. Batavorum
[Leyden], ex officina Elzeviriana [B. & A.Elzevier] 1633. Small 8vo (5,5 x 11 cm). 267p.
With engraved title with a vessel. Contemp. overlapping vellum. A fine copy. (#29027) eur 750
One of three editions from the same
year. Grotius' seminal treatise on the freedom of the seas 'or the right of the Dutch to take part in the
Indian trade' as the full title reads. It was first published in 1609 at the demand of the Dutch East Indian
Company in order to provide a juridical basis for the Dutch overseas trade in the peace negotiations with
Spain. Grotius argued that English, Spanish or Portuguese claims to the monopoly on the overseas trade
were untenable, and also for economic reasons disadvantageously, because he grasped that a monopoly leads
to higher prices. Laspeyres adds that as a matter of fact the Dutch wanted to destroy the monopoly of the
Portuguese only to usurp it themselves.
This volume includes also some related treatises: Paulus Merula's
Dissertatio de maribus,
Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn's
Apologia pro navigationibus Hollandorum, adversus Pontum
Heuterum and the
Tractatus pacis, mutui commercii, sive intercursus mercium, conclusus
Londini anno of 1495. *Ter Meulen & Diermanse 546. Willems 385. Laspeyres p.58 & B.20.
Landwehr, VOC 25 (the extremely rare first edition). Kress 484. Goldsmiths' 649. McCulloch p.128. No
edition in EHB!
HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-
1831) Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts [Half-title: Naturrecht und
Staatswissenschaft im Grundrisse. Zum Gebrauch für seine Vorlesungen.]
Berlin, in der
Nicolaischen Buchhandlung 1821. [II],XXVI,355,[1 imprint]p, complete with the half-title and
errata to p.355. Uncut in recent calf-backed boards with facsimile label to back. Usual mild paperspotting
throughout but a very good copy. (#28761) eur 2750
First edition. In
The outline of the philosophy of right Hegel sets out his
political philosophy. He had succeeded Fichte in Berlin in 1818 and until his death would dominate German
philosophy. Though in former days an admirer of the French Revolution and Napoleon Hegel turned into a
loyal supporter of the Prussian monarchy and an opponent of any democratic idea. 'The
Grundlinien ... is a complete system, in which the concept of a sociology dominated by the idea
of the State is laid down. It turns away from the apparent chaos of the democratic advocates of individual
right in favour of an overwhelming sense that liberty cannot exist apart from order, and that the vital
connexion of all parts of the body politic is the source of all good.' This has been consulted by most of the
twentieth century ideologists. *Printing and the mind of man 283.
HELVETIUS, Claude Adrien (1715-
1771) Oeuvres complettes. Nouvelle édition, corrigée &
augmentée sur les manuscrits de l'auteur, avec sa vie & son portrait.
Paris, Serviere 1795.
5 volumes. With portrait to volume 1. Contemp. full calf, gilt backs with double labels, gilt
borders on all sides, marbled endpapers, a very well bound set. Corner of p.61/62 of volume 1 torn with
loss of a few letters, not affecting the readableness; faint staining through inner margin of fifth volume,
heavier in the beginning. (#28768) eur 450
This edition follows the text of the edition published in London in 1777 both in 2
quarto and in 5 octavo volumes. It is constituted as follows: 1-2. Avis sur cette nouvelle édition
(p.I-VIII). Essai sur la vie et les ouvrages d'Helvetius (p.1-114). De l'esprit. 3-4. De l'homme. 5. Le
bonheur, poëme allégorique (followed by some other pieces). Lettres de Voltaire à
Helvetius (followed by correspondence with a.o. Montesquieu and Hume). Examen des critiques du livre
intitulé
De l'esprit. Les progrès de la raison dans la recherche du vrai.
*Tchemerzine-Scheler III,p.685c.
[HEMSTERHUIS, François (1721-
1790)] Aristee ou de la divinité.
Paris [i.e. Haarlem]
1779. 12mo. X,208p. With engraved vignette on title and 3 other vignettes. Contemp. calf-
backed boards, gilt back, a bit rubbed. The author's name in an old handwriting on the title and on the first
free endpaper. From the library of the 19th century Dutch bookseller and book collector J.T.Bodel
Nijenhuis, with his name on the first free endpaper. Printed on fine paper. (#20608) eur 900
First edition. Rare like most of the
author's works, as they were printed in very limited editions for private circulation only. The philosophy of
Hemsterhuis has been summarized as 'in spite of its own rationalism an early reaction against rationalism
and enlightenment'. His philosophy has exercised great influence particularly in Germany where he was
praised by both classical and romantic writers, including Herder, Novalis and the brothers Schlegel.
*Ziegenfuss I,p.505. Weller II,p.207.
HERDER, Johann Gottfried (1744-
1803) Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit.
Riga und Leipzig, J.F.Hartknoch 1784-85-87-91. 4 volumes. Small 4to. [XVI],1-
144,165-318 [p.145-164 omitted],[5]; [VIII],344; [IV],368; [IV],340p. Contemp. half calf, gilt backs with
red title and green volume label, marbled sides (volume 4 with different pattern) and endpapers, red edges.
Small stamp from a German library to each title (twice to volume 2) only. A very bright and attractive
copy. (#23321) eur 1750
First edition.
The magnum opus of the author in which he conceives the history of mankind as a coherent and progressive
system of historical events eventually leading to an 'era of humanity'. It is esteemed for the historical
method used and has been seminal for nineteenth century historiography, philosophy and social science, and
it is also remembered for its remarkable anticipation of evolution theories.
JANET, Paul (1823-1899)
Histoire de la science politique dans ses rapports avec la morale. Cinquième
édition, revue d'après les notes laissées par l'auteur, et
précédée d'une notice sur la vie et les travaux de Paul Janet par C.Picot.
Paris, F.Alcan [1924]. 2 volumes. [IV],CI,608; [IV],779p. Orig. printed green
wrappers. (Bibliothèque de philosophie contemporaine) (#20434) eur 100
[JURIEU, Pierre (1637-
1713)] L'Esprit de Mr. Arnaud [sic], tiré de sa conduite, & des
ecrits de luy & de ses disciples, particulierement de l'apologie pour les catholiques. Ouvrage où l'on
trouvera quantité d'observations & de pieces curieuses utiles à la connoissance de l'histoire
ecclesiastique du temps.
Deventer, Jean Colombius [Rotterdam, Reinier Leers] 1684. 2
volumes in 1. 12mo. 452,[13]; 478,[14]p. Contemp. vellum, back richly gilt, soiled, label gone. Title
frayed. (#24291) eur 300
First
edition. A vehement attack on the Jansenist leader Antoine Arnauld. It was Jurieu's reply to Arnauld's
Apologie pour les catholiques which on its turn was a reply to Jurieu's
Politique du
clergé de France. Pierre Jurieu teached theology at the Protestant university of Sedan and after
its closure by Louis XIV in 1681 fled to Holland. Recommended by Pierre Bayle he became minister and
professor of theology in Rotterdam, and a prolific pamphleteer and advocate of an increasingly orthodox
protestantism.
This book was forbidden by the States of Holland as early as 15 december 1683 at the instigation of the
English envoy Chudleigh because it contained passages 'offensive to his Majesty, the duke of York and
other members of the court'. Since no earlier edition is known it is likely that the book had already
appeared in december 1683. *Kappler 16. Knuttel, Verboden boeken 130. Sauvy 228.
LACRETELLE, Pierre Louis (1751-
1824) De l'établissement des connoissances humaines, et de
l'instruction publique, dans la Constitution française.
Paris, Desenne 1791.
[IV],XXXII,314p. Fine, early-nineteenth century half purple calf, romantically gilt decorated
back, marbled sides and endpapers. From the library of the chevalier de Sars, with his (slightly damaged)
bookplate. Faint stain in lower inner corner of half-title, title, and last 30 pages, else a very nice copy.
(#31278) eur 450
First edition. A
project for the organization of the educational system after the outbreak of the Revolution. The Constitutent
Assembly had stressed the importance of education for all citizens and the present volume includes an
elaborate
Plan for the establishment of human knowledge and public instruction to be included
in the constitution.
Lacretelle was a lawyer, befriended with men like Condorcet, Malesherbes and Buffon, a member of the
constitutent and legislative assemblies and one of the founders of the
Club des Feuillants. He
was an opponent of Napoleon and during the Restauration supported the liberal opposition. He is the author
of quite a number of books on legal reform and public affairs.
*Martin & Walter 18140. Tourneux III,17174. OCLC locates 7 copies in U.S. libraries. Hoefer
XXVIII,c.567ff.
[LA METTRIE, Julien Offray de (1709-
1751)] Histoire naturelle de l'âme, traduite de l'Anglois de M.
Charp, par feu M. H*** de l'Académie des Sciences, &c. Nouvelle edition revuë fort
exactement, corrigée de quantité de fautes qui s'etoient glissées dans la premiere, &
augmentée de la Lettre critique de M. de la Mettrie à Madame la Marquise du Chattelet.
Oxford, aux dépends de l'Auteur 1747. 12mo. [XII],12,343p. Contemp. calf,
gilt back with red label, spine ends and corners quite worn. (#18840) eur 450
Second revised edition, enlarged with
the letter of the author mentioned in the title, and a number of ample notes. The
Natural history of the
soul is La Mettrie's first full exposure of his materialistic interpretation of the human soul. It is said
to have been inspired by his own experiences as a medical officer in the French army when he felt ill and
observed that with his physical power also his strength of mind declined. The first edition appeared 1745.
*Stoddard 26. Tchemerzine-Scheler III,p.946b. Peignot p.311.
[LA METTRIE, Julien Offray de (1709-
1751)] Oeuvres philosophiques.
Amsterdam, [no printer] 1764.
3 volumes in 1. 12mo. 62,[10],230,[4]; 326; 108p. Contemp. half calf, gilt back. (#34237)
eur 500
One of various collected
editions. 1. Discours préliminaire, Dédicace à M. Haller, L'Homme machine,
Traité de l'âme. 2. Abrégé des systemes, Les animaux plus que machines,
L'Homme plante, Systeme d'Epicure, Anti-Séneque, L'Art de jouir. 3. L'Homme plus que machine.
*Stoddard 65.
LANGE,C.L. Histoire de
l'internationalisme. Volume 1 [all published]: Jusqu'à la paix de Westphalie (1648).
Kristiana etc. 1919. 4to. XV,517,[1]p. Contemp. half calf. (Publ. de l'Institut Nobel
norvégien 4) (#18694) eur 75
[LA PEYRERE, Isaac de (1596-
1676)] Praeadamitae. Sive exercitatio super versibus duodecimo,
decimotertio, & decimoquarto, capitis quinti Epistolae D. Pauli ad Romanos. Quibus inducuntur primi
homines ante Adamum conditi. [As always followed by:] Systema theologicum, ex
Praeadamitarum hypothesi. Pars prima [all published].
[Amsterdam, Louis & Daniel Elzevier] Anno
salutis 1655. 12mo. 70,[XIV],317,7p. With folding map of the Holy Land. Contemp.
overlapping vellum. A very nice copy. (#33431) eur 650
Second edition, by the same publisher and from the same year as the original quarto
edition. A work that caused great indignation by claiming that Man had existed before Adam. The author
claimed that Adam was the founder of the Jewish race only, but that other races had existed since long
before.
La Peyrere was a French Calvinist, soldier, diplomat, writer and librarian in the service of the great
Condé, whose campaigns brought him to the Netherlands. The book must have been written many
years before but it was obviously extremely difficult to find a publisher and it was not before 1655, with
the help of Christine of Sweden, that he finally managed having it printed in Holland, without name of
author, publisher or even place of publication. The book was forbidden by the States General, according to
Peignot condemned to be burnt in Paris, and La Peyrere, soon unveiled as the author, could escape
prosecution only by abjuring his heretical theses and Calvinism before the pope in Rome.
There were numerous refutations, one of these here bound with. Notwithstanding its prohibition various
counterfeit additions were issued, and even a Dutch translation in 1661. An English translation appeared
already in 1656. Spinoza had a copy of the first edition in his library.
*Willems 1189. Peignot II,p.35. Knuttel, Verboden boeken 318. Hoefer XXIX,c.520.
Bound with: [LE PRIEUR, Philippe
(-1680)],
also attributed
to Jean Mabillon. Animadversiones in librum Praeadamitarum ... Authore Eusebio Romano.
[Amsterdam, Louis & Daniel Elzevier] 1656. 12mo. [20],123p.
A refutation of the previous work, originally published in Paris the same year, several times reprinted and
also translated into Dutch. *Willems 1206.
LINGUET, Simon Nicolas Henri (1736-
1794) Du plus heureux gouvernement, ou parallele des constitutions
politiques de l'Asie avec celles de l'Europe; servant d'introduction à la théorie des loix
civiles. [Half-titles: Oeuvres de M.Linguet. Tome premier/second.]
Londres 1774. 2
volumes in 1. 12mo. XXXII,148; 256p. Contemp. half calf, back richly gilt with labels, marbled sides,
sprinkled edges. Tiny hole at foot of back and marginal repair to one leaf, but a very nice copy indeed.
(#30761) eur 450
First (only) edition.
Though according to the title written as an introduction to his
Théorie des loix civiles of
1767 these volumes are published here for the first time. They were written in response to criticism made
against that book and again refute the theories of Montesquieu and the Physiocrats. Linguet examines the
best forms of government and concludes that the Asiatic mode of ruling is much more advantageous for the
population than the European, and particularly the British constitutional government. He praises the Asian
rulers for their wise protection of private property, their mild taxation and legislation, the condition of
women, which is according to Linguet much better in China than in Europe, and in general the 'mild, wise,
and human' morals of the Asian governments. The 'pretended English liberty' however is nothing but a
'dazzling phantom, incapable of standing the least examination'.
This work appeared as the first two volumes of a rare edition of Linguet's works, which combines some of
his most important writings: volumes 3-5 are taken by a revised edition of the
Théorie des loix
civiles and volume 6 by the first edition of his notorious
Du pain et du bled. *Cioranescu
40546. Neither this title nor the collected edition in Kress, Goldsmiths', Einaudi or INED (only the sixth
volume listed by Kress and Goldsmiths').
LIVINGSTON, Edward (1764-
1836) Rapport sur le projet d'un code pénal, fait à
l'Assemblée générale de l'état de la Louisiane ... suivi des observations sur
les conditions nécessaires à la perfection d'un code pénal par [James] Mill, avec une
introduction et des notes par A.H.Taillandier.
Paris, A.A.Renouard 1825.
XXXII,224p. Modern boards, back lettered black, original printed wrappers (margins frayed)
preserved; small stamp to upper wrapper and title. Mildly paperspotted. (#22350) eur 450
First edition thus. A major document
in the history of modern criminal law. Edward Livingston's work for the codification of criminal law has
been praized both for its underlaying philosophy as for its apparent practicability. His project of a new
penal code for the state of Louisiana, originally published in New Orleans in 1822 in an English and a
French edition, has been recognized as one of the major achievements of nineteenth century criminal law.
The present edition includes an extract of James Mill's article on the improvement of the penal code which
appeared as a supplement to the
Encyclopedia Brittanica. *Sabin 41613.
MABLY, Gabriel Bonnot de (1709-
1785) Des droits et des devoirs du citoyen.
Kell 1789.
12mo. [IV],367p. Modern green calf, gilt back with red label, gilt inside floral dentelles
(B.Vera), kept in green cloth box. (#18598) eur 225
First edition, first issue. A treatise on political principles in the form of eight letters
dated 1758, posthumously published. Mably describes the way in which an absolute monarchy can be
changed into a free nation. Mably's severe criticism of private property has contributed to his reputation as
a forerunner of communism.
*Tchemerzine-Scheler IV,p.255b. Einaudi A.512 for an edition dated 1791, falsely identified as the first.
Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'. Lichtenberger p.221-246.
MAINE DE BIRAN, Pierre (1766-
1824) Influence de l'habitude sur la faculté de penser. Ouvrage
qui a remporté le prix sur cette question, proposée par la classe des sciences morales et
politiques de l'Institut national: Déterminer quelle est l'influence de l'habitude sur la faculté
de penser; ou, en d'autre termes, faire voir l'effet que produit sur chacune de nos facultés
intellectuelles, la fréquente répétition des mêmes opérations.
Paris, Henrichs An XI [1802-3]. XII,402p. Contemp. half calf, back richly gilt with
red and green label, green sides, red sprinkled edges, very light wear to sides, faint affecting of corners of
endpapers by binder's glue. A very nice copy indeed. (#21439) eur 1250
First edition.
François Pierre Maine de Biran (born Gonthier de Biran but adding the name Maine from his
family's estate) was the major French philosopher of his time. He played a moderate role in public life but
wrote a number of works of great importance, though during his lifetime only a few works were published
of which the present one is no doubt the most important. At first an adherent of the
ideologist
philosophy of Destutt de Tracy and Cabanis he turned away from sensualism and empirism and developed a
spiritualism based on the reflexion upon his own existence, the
fait primitif.
*En français dans le texte (216) quotes the author's
De l'aperception immédiate
which, though written in 1807, was not published before 1963.
MAISTRE, Joseph de (1753-
1821) Les soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg, ou entretiens sur
le gouvernement temporel de la providence; suivis d'un traité sur les sacrifices.
Paris,
Librairie grecque, latine et française 1821. 2 volumes. [IV],XXVI,456 [i.e. 556],[1];
[IV],474,[1]p. With oval lithograph portrait. Contemp. half red calf, gilt backs, marbled sides and
endpapers. Occasional very mild paperspotting. A nice copy. (#15815) eur 450
First edition. A masterpiece of
conservative political thinking, opposing eighteenth century rationalism and the principles of the Revolution,
and defending absolute monarchical principles tempered by divine providence only. It has exercised
profound influence on nineteenth and even twentieth century opponents of liberal and revolutionary
ideologies. *En français dans le texte 229.
[MANDEVILLE, Bernard (1670-
1733)] Pensées libres sur la réligion, l'église, et
le bonheur de la nation. Traduites de l'Anglois du docteur B.M. par mr. Van Effen.
Amsterdam,
François l'Honoré 1738. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo. [XX],220; [IV],233,[23]p.
Contemp. calf, gilt back with label, spine ends and corners worn. (#23574) eur 400
Second French edition. Originally
published in 1720 as
Free thoughts on religion, the church, and national happiness and
translated the same year into French and other languages. A well known treatise against religion, theology
and particularly clerical politics, and a plea for civil and religious toleration and peace. 'Mandeville
followed Bayle in skeptically arguing for toleration and against priestcraft, in particular clerical politics. He
pointed out that most men believe about God what they have been taught from infancy, but few men live
according to their professed beliefs. Atheists, whether abstruse philosophers or aristocratic libertines, are
few and harmless' (IESS IX,p.555).
Mandeville (1670-1733), born and educated in Holland, since 1691 held a medical practice in London, and
acquired great fame as a satirist. In his best known
Fable of the bees (1714) he defends the
thesis that 'private vices are public benefits' which of course has been the subject of great controversies.
The first French edition was also published in the Netherlands, but without unveiling the name of the
translator. Justus van Effen (1684-1735) was a well known writer of spectatorial fiction, for the greater part
written in French, and acquired fame with the publication of the first Dutch spectatorial journal. J. van
Effen: NNBW I,c.795.
MANNOURY, Gerrit (1867-
1956) Methodologisches und Philosophisches zur Elementar-Mathematik.
Haarlem, P.Visser Azn 1909. X,279p. Orig. omslag. Met de hand gewaarmerkt
(gesigneerd) door de schrijver. Dit ex. met handgeschreven en ondertekende verklaring van P.Visser Azn
dat dit werk door hem is uitgegeven en van de firma Ruygrok 'dat dit werk op hare te Haarlem gevestigde
drukkerij is gedrukt', en geschreven registratie door 'de ontvanger', en stempel van de provincie Noord-
Holland. (#17041) eur 125
Eerste
(enige) druk. Eerste boek van Mannoury dat 'een helder beeld geeft van zijn inzichten en eruditie'.
Mannoury werd in 1903 privaatdocent, in 1917 hoogleraar wiskunde in Amsterdam, waar hij bekendheid
verwierf met zijn leer van de significa. Tot zijn leerlingen behoorde Luitzen Brouwer, die in 1946 ook zijn
promotor was bij het hem verleende eredoctoraat. *BWN III,p.394.
MEULEN,J.TER. Der Gedanke
der internationalen Organisation in seiner Entwicklung.
The Hague 1917-40. Reprint 1968.
3 volumes bound in 2. XI,397; XII,371; XV,373p. Orig. cloth. (#16327) eur 35
An esteemed study of the ideas on
international peace and reconciliation, from the middle ages until the end of the nineteenth century. The first
volume treats the development of the idea of internationalism in the period before the French revolution:
Emeric Crucé, William Penn, Hugo Grotius, John Bellers, Castel de Saint-Pierre, Rousseau, Kant,
and many other known and hardly known writers. The other volumes treat the periods from the French
revolution until the outbreak of the Franco-German war and from 1867 until 1889. Jacob ter Meulen was
librarian of the Peace Palace at The Hague, and is widely known by his precious bibliography of Hugo
Grotius' works.
MILL, James (1773-1836)
Analysis of the phenomena of the human mind.
London, Baldwin and Cradock
1829. 2 volumes. IV,320; IV,312p. Recent half calf, backs with gilt calf labels, marbled sides.
(#14437) eur 450
First edition. The
major book on philosophy of the author by which he acquired a position in the history of empirical
psychology and ethics. James Mill, father of John Stuart, was a follower of the utilitarian principles of
Jeremy Bentham and has been marked as 'a man of profound and original thought as well as of great
learning'.
MILL, John Stuart (1806-
1873) Considerations on representative government.
London,
Parker, Son, and Bourn 1861. VIII,340,[4 cat.]p. Orig. embossed brown cloth, back lettered
gilt, back somewhat darkened and at foot faint remains of a label, very light wear, brown endpapers,
remains of removed bookplate on first paste-down, front hinge tender. Stamp on verso of title, mild
paperspotting of prelims and last pages only. A very good copy. (#30278) eur 900
First edition. Mill's major
contribution to political philosophy, interesting both for his general outlook on democratic representation as
for his recommendations for particular aspects of its institutions. Mill considered representative goverment
as the best form because 'the only government which can fully satisfy all the exigencies of the social state,
is one in which the whole people participate; that any participation, even in the smallest public function, is
useful; that the participation should everywhere be as great as the general degree of improvement of the
community will allow; and that nothing less can be ultimately desirable, than the admission of all to a share
in the sovereign power of the state'. Mill of course supported universal suffrage, including for women, and
pleaded for proportional representation to protect the rights of minorities against an oppressive majority.
*Einaudi has the French translation (3901) only.
MILL, John Stuart (1806-
1873) An examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy and of the
principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings.
London, Longman, Green, Longman,
Roberts & Green 1865. VIII,560p. Orig. cloth, neatly rebacked and recased, original back strip
laid down. (#13654) eur 350
First
edition. One of Mill's major contributions to utilitarian philosophy, a review of and attack on intuitionalism
as represented by the Scottish philosopher Sir William Hamilton. *MacMinn p.96 (erroneously in 2
volumes).
MILL, John Stuart (1806-
1873) Nature, the utility of religion and theism [Half-title: Three essays
on religion].
London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer 1874. XI,[1],257,[3]p.
Orig. cloth, gilt back. (#19280) eur 200
First edition. These three essays were written between 1850 and 1874 and posthumously
published with an introduction by Helen Taylor. *Einaudi 3904.
MILL, John Stuart (1806-
1873) On liberty.
London, John W.Parker 1859.
207,[1]p. Orig. cloth, neatly rebacked with old back strip laid down, corners worn, armorial
book plate to first paste down. (#19475) eur 1750
First edition. One of the greatest books in political philosophy and Mill's best known
book. In it Mill defends the liberty of the individual against the democratic tyranny of the majority by
declaring that 'the sole end for which mankind is justified in interfering with liberty of action is self-
protection'. *PMM 345.
OSTROGORSKI, Moisei (1854-
1919) La démocratie et l'organisation des partis politiques.
Paris, Calmann-Levy 1903. 2 volumes. XIV,609; [IV],759p. Contemp. cloth, gilt
backs. Bookplate on half-titles, stamp on titles. A nice set. (#28314) eur 225
First French (original) edition. An
elaborate study of the political party system in England and the United States, now a classic. Ostrogorski
was a Rusian by birth who studied in Paris and spent many years in England and America. It was written in
French, but an English translation appeared already in 1902 (
Democracy and the organization of
political parties). *IESS XI,p.347.
OSTROGORSKI, Moisei (1854-
1919) La femme au point de vue du droit public. Etude d'histoire et de
législation comparée.
Paris, A.Rousseau 1892. VIII,198p. Fine modern
boards, back lettered black, original printed wrappers (frayed at margins) preserved. (#30315) eur 125
First edition. A classic study on the
development of the rights of women in European and American public legislation, awarded by the Paris law
faculty. An English edition (
The rights of women. A comparative study in history and
legislation) appeared the next year. Ostrogorski, a Rusian political scientist, is best known for his
seminal study of the political party system (
Democracy and the organization of political parties,
1902). *IESS XI,p.347.
Palais de la Paix. - Bibliotheque
du Palais de la Paix. Catalogue par P.C.Molhuysen et E.R.Oppenheim. - Premier
supplément du catalogue par P.C.Molhuysen et D.Albers. - Deuxième supplément au
catalogue par J.ter Meulen et A.Lysen. - Index alphabétique par noms d'auteurs ou mots d'ordre du
catalogue et des suppléments. - Index sommaire par ordre alphabétique des matières
du catalogue et des suppléments. - Troisième supplément (acquisitions 1928/1929-
1936) par J.ter Meulen et A.Lysen. - Index alphabétique par noms propres du troisième
supplément. - Supplement 1937-1952, 6 volumes. - Index to the supplements 1937-1952.
Leyde-La Haye 1916-66. Together 14 volumes. Orig. cloth and orig. half cloth, sides
partly stained. (#15835) eur 175
All
published of the catalogue of the important library on international law of the Peace Palace at The Hague
PLUQUET, François André Adrien
(1716-1790) Examen du fatalisme, ou exposition &
refutation des différens systêmes de fatalisme qui ont partagé les philosophes sur
l'origine du monde, sur la nature de l'ame, & sur le principe des actions humaines.
Paris, Didot &
Barrois 1757. 3 volumes. 12mo. [IV],XX,464; [II],X,532; [IV],461,[3]p. Contemp. polished
calf, backs richly gilt with red label, marbled endpapers, red edges. Corners trifle worn but still a fine set.
(#23674) eur 600
First edition. The
first work of the author, philosopher, historian and economist, befriended with a.o. Montesquieu and
Helvetius. Pluquet became best known for his
Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des égaremens
de l'esprit humain par rapport a la religion chrétienne, reprinted various times as
Dictionnaire des heresies, des erreurs et des schismes.
In the present book (his best according to P.Larousse) Pluquet investigates what has been written in ancient
and modern times about the origins of the world and the springs of human actions. He analyses the
arguments brought up by theologians ans philosophers for and against the principles of determinism,
fatalism and free will. In the postitive part of the book Pluquet argues against philosophical fatalism and in
favour of free will, and hence supplied arguments for the debate on scientific development and moral action.
Hoefer 40,c.503 ('on le lit encore avec fruit').
POSTEL,G. Le thrésor
des prophéties de l'univers. Manuscrit publié avec une introduction et des notes par
F.Secret.
La Haye, M.Nijhoff 1969. 270p. With plates. Orig. cloth. (International
archives of the history of ideas 27) (#13896) eur 35
RAVAISSON, Félix (1813-
1900) La philosophie en France au XIXe siècle.
Paris,
Imprimerie impériale 1868. Large 8vo. [IV],266p. Contemp. thick boards, little worn,
orig. printed wrappers preserved. (Recueil de rapports sur les progrès des lettres et des sciences en
France. Publication faite sous les auspices du Ministère de l'Instruction publique) (#22781) eur 75
First edition. An overview of the state
of philosophy in mid-nineteenth century France. Ravaisson, professor at Rennes, follower of the
spiritualism of Maine de Biran and Victor Cousin, was during the Empire inspector general of higher
education.
ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-
1778) Emile, ou de l'éducation. Selon la copie de Paris.
[No place, but Amsterdam, J.Néaulme] 1762. 4 parts in 2 volumes.
[IV],VIII,224; [IV],192; [IV],168; [IV],243p. With an engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved plates by
J.v.Schley and S.Fokke after C.Eisen. An attractive, entirely uncut copy in contemporary thick boards,
backs with ms. label. (#20589) eur 2000
First Amsterdam edition. Though the printing history of this book is extremely
complicated, the most recent research by McEachern indicates that the first edition was published the same
year in Paris by Duchesne, though with the imprint Amsterdam, J.Néaulme. The present edition
indeed was printed by Néaulme, with the approval of both Rousseau and Duchesne. It was copied
from the sheets of Duchesne edition in 12mo, and intended for distribution outside France. The
correspondence between Néaulme and Rousseau shows that the latter has revised and corrected at
least part of the leaves.
A highpoint in romantic philosophy and a key-text in the history of education. Rousseau here starts from the
principle of the initial goodness of man, and holds that this can be maintained only by an education based
upon the principles of nature.
*McEachern II,2. Dufour 195 (Dufour apparently has mistaken this edition for the edition listed under nr
189).
RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-
1970) The principles of mathematics. Vol I [all published].
Cambridge, at the University Press 1903. Large 8vo. XXIX,[1 blank],534,[2 blank]p.
Modern half grained morocco, back lettered gilt, marbled sides. Very light wrinkling of lower margins of
preliminary and last leaves, very minor spotting on 2 or 3 leaves. (#29493) eur 1150
First edition. A corner-stone in the
history of mathematics of which only the present volume appeared. Russell continued the work in
cooperation with Alfred North Whitehead, published between 1910 and 1913 as the
Principia
mathematica.
[SAINT-MARTIN, Louis Claude de
(1743-1803)] Des erreurs et de la vérité, ou
les hommes rappelés au principe universel de la science ... Par un Ph[ilosophe] Inc[onnu]. Seconde
édition, retouchée par le Fr. Circonspect.
A Salomopolis, chez Androphile ...
[Frankfurt] 1781. XII,546,[2 errata]p. Uncut in contemp. speckled boards. (#20548) eur 350
Second edition. The first book of the
marquis de Saint-Martin, 'philosophe inconnu', an ardent adversary of contemporary materialism and
scepticism. Under the influence of Swedenborg and Böhme Saint-Martin defended gnostic ideas. His
spiritualism has exercised profound influence on post-revolutionary romanticism. The first edition appeared
in 1775 under the fictious imprint
Edimbourg; there were various new editions in 1782. *Weller
II,p.197.
[SAINT-PIERRE, Charles Irénée Castel
de (1658-1743)] Mémoires pour rendre la paix
perpétuelle en Europe.
A Cologne, chez Jaques le Pacifique 1712. 12mo.
36,341,442-448p., thus complete (a12,b6,A-O12,P6). Title printed in red and black. Contemp. calf, gilt
back in compartments, no label. Minor repair to blank lower margin of title. Decorative bookplate to front
paste-down. A very nice copy. (#23506) eur 8500
First edition.
This rare volume precedes the publication of the final text of the
author's famous Project for eternal peace by a year. It was no doubt printed in a very
limited number of copies. Castel de Saint-Pierre has published other books of importance - among which the
Discours sur la polysynodie of 1719 lead to his expulsion from the French Academy -, but he is
now chiefly remembered for his great peace project.
The first notice of this project dates from 1708 in a small volume titled
Mémoire sur la
réparation des chemins. The publication of that volume was inspired by a journey made by
Castel de Saint-Pierre in the winter of 1706-07 to his native province Normandy during which he had
suffered from the miserable condition of the roads. Though the connection does not seem very obvious - Ter
Meulen suggests that the roughness of the roads may have reminded him of the lack of smoothness in
international relations - yet the volume ends with a notice in which the author remarks that 'during the last
14 days' all his attention was directed to a project 'for the establishment of a permanent arbitrage [between
all nations] to settle without war their future differences and to also maintain eternal commerce between
them'. The final version of the work may have been influenced by the author's presence as secretary to
Polignac at the difficult peace negotations of Utrecht in 1712. The ultimate version with the title
Projet pour rendre la paix perpétuelle en Europe was published the next year by the
Utrecht publisher Antoine Schouten.
Praised for his character by all, there is few agreement about the chimerical character of the works of the
abbé de Saint-Pierre. Yet it has been noted, that several of his suggestions seem to have been put in
practice in some way in our days, including his plan for the establishment of a 'European parliament'.
*This edition not in Kress, Goldsmiths' or Einaudi. CCFr records a single copy
(Médiathèque municipale Jean Lévy, Lille), but there is a copy in the BnF. NUC
locates 2 copies (Library of Congress and Harvard) and COPAC also 2 (Cambridge and Edinburgh), OCLC
adds 6 copies worldwide. En français dans le texte 137 (the final edition, but mentioning the present
title). Ter Meulen p.180-221.
Saint-Pierre,C.I.Castel de. - DROUET,J.
L'Abbé de Saint-Pierre. L'Homme & l'oeuvre.
Paris, H.Champion
1912. VIII,397p. With portrait. Orig. printed wrappers. (#20896) eur 75
Saint-Pierre,C.I.Castel de. - HOUWENS POST,H.
La société des nations de l'abbé de Saint-Pierre.
Amsterdam 1932. 200p. Thesis Groningen. (#17990) eur 45
SCHWAB, Carl (1781-1847)
Ueber das unvermeidliche Unrecht.
Stuttgart, Metzler 1804.
Small 8vo. XXXII,328p. Contemp. marbled boards, back with label, little rubbed but a nice
copy. (#12132) eur 100
First (only)
edition. *GBV locates 3 copies in German libraries. OCLC does not add any other copy.
SCHWIPPEL, A. Elementar-
Unterricht oder gründliche Anweisung, Kinder auf eine angenehme, leichte und geisterregende Art
schreiben, lesen und rechnen zu lehren; nebst den wenig bekannten, überaus nützlichen
Uibungen in der Pestalozzischen Einheitstabelle.
Prag, I.G.Calve'sche Buchhandlung 1828.
Small 8vo. VI,93,[1]p. With 3 folding plates. A fine, uncut copy in original engraved green
wrappers. (#31726) eur 175
First and
only (?) edition. A method for teaching children language and arithmetic, with reference to the German
educational thinker Johann Baptiste Graser (1766-1841) as the first who introduced this method in his
country. In the preface the author writes that the distinctive feature of this method is that 'it begins with the
script, and through writing leads to reading', which has 'the undeniable advantage of greater activity and
attention of children'. Rare,
no location found in any public library.
SIDNEY, Algernon (1622-
1683) Discourses concerning government. With his letters, trial, apology
and some memoirs of his life.
London, printed for A.Millar 1763. 2 parts in 1 volume.
Large 4to. [V],46,[VI],497,198p. With an engraved oval portrait as frontispiece. Contemp. calf, joints split
but holding, spine ends and corners worn, book plate coarsely removed. Small worm hole in lower blank
margin of portrait and 8 leaves, far away from printed surface. Internally remarkably bright and clean and
with ample margins. (#23872) eur 350
Sidney's famous
Discourses constitute an ample exposition of the principles
of republican government, founded in natural right and postulating parliamentary sovereignty. They were
written to refute Sir Robert Filmer's apology of divine right
Patriarcha. The work was published
for the first time in 1698, fifteen years after Sidney was beheaded by Charles II. The then unpublished
Discourses were evidence in his trial for high treason in 1683.
The present edition includes John Toland's preface to the first edition, the memoirs of his life, his apology
and an index already added to the third edition of 1751, and adds in a second part (with continuing
signatures but separate pagination),
Letters of Algernon Sydney, taken from the Sydney papers
(all but one letters to his father Robert Earl of Leicester),
Letters of A. Sydney to Henry Saville,
ambassador in France, and
The trial of A. Sydney. *Higgs 3064.
SMITH, Adam (1723-1790)
Théorie des sentimens moraux, ou essai analytique sur les principes des
jugemens que portent naturellement les hommes, d'abord sur les actions des autres, et ensuite sur leurs
propres actions; suivi d'une dissertation sur l'origine des langues. Traduit de l'Anglais, sur la
septième et dernière édition, par S. Grouchy Ve Condorcet.
Paris, F.Buisson
an 6 de la République 1798. 2 volumes in 1. VIII,466,[IV],511p. Contemp. calf, back
richly gilt decorated, marbled endpapers, yellow edges. A few spots to edges, but a very nice copy.
(#24150) eur 750
First edition of the
best translation of Smith's
Theory of moral sentiments. A first (anonymous) French translation
appeared in 1764. In 1774 the abbé Blavet produced another translation, republished in 1782. The
present translation was done after the seventh English (first posthumous) edition by Sophie de Grouchy
(1764-1822), the widow of the famous marquis de Condorcet. She added eight
Lettres sur la
sympathie, adressed to her brother-in-law Cabanis, in which 'certain of Smith's opinions are
examined, altered and even combatted'. This translation was published again in 1820, 1830 and 1860.
*Vanderblue p.41. Coquelin & Guillaumin II,c.627. Einaudi has the edition of 1830 only (5345).
STEWART, Dugald (1753-
1828) Elements of the philosophy of the human mind. Vol.I. The fifth
edition.
London, T.Cadell and W.Davies 1814. XII,585p. And: Elements
of the philosophy of the human mind. Volume second. Second edition. Edinburgh, A.Constable 1816.
XV,595p. (#16918) eur 500
And: Philosophical essays. Second edition. Edinburgh, A.Constable 1816.
XII,615p.
And: Account of the life and writings of Thomas Reid ... Edinburgh, W.Creech 1803.
[II],222,[1]p.
Bound with: Account of the life and writings of William Robertson ... London, T.Cadell and
W.Davies 1801. IV,307,[2]p.
Together 4 works uniformly bound in 4 volumes contemp. full calf, backs richly gilt, gilt lines on all sides,
marbled edges. A fine set.
The
Elements of the philosophy of the human mind is Stewart's best known work. The first
volume was published for the first time in 1792, the second volume appeared not before 1814, and a third
volume in 1827 a few months before his death. The
Philosophical essays were published
previously in 1810. The accounts of the life and writings of his teacher Thomas Reid and of the historian
Robertson were read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh and are here printed here for the first time.
STIELER,A. Hand-Atlas
über alle Theile der Erde nach dem neuesten Zustande und über das Weltgebäude.
Herausgegeben von Adolf Stieler, bearbeitet von Demselben, so wie von C.G.Reichard, H.Hübbe,
F.v.Stülpnagel, H.Berghaus u. I.C.Bär.
Gotha, Justus Perthes [c.1847].
Oblong folio (46 x 34 cm). Title leaf with an oval plan of Gotha, and 81 [of 82] steel engraved
maps coloured in outlines, mostly dated between 1843 and 1846. Late 19th or early 20th century half calf.
A very few mostly marginal repairs and here and there slightly thumbed, but generally in very good
condition. Bound with the rare Bericht zu Stieler's Hand-Atlas nebst ausführlichen
Erläuterungen einzelner Karten. Des Berichts vierte Auflage. 48,[8]p. (#34814) eur 1350
The extant maps fully agree with the
listing for this 'newest edition' in the additional elucidation, but for the 'political map' of Europe. Contains
maps of the Moon, the Planetary System, the Northern and the Southern firmament, the Western and the
Eastern hemisphere, 'Planiglob der Antipoden', 'Planiglob in Mercators Projection', 'Die bekannteren
Höhen über der Meeres Fläche in transparenten Profilen', and maps of Europe, Spain
and Portugal (5), France (4), Great Britain (4), Scandinavia (3), Germany (11), Austria, the Benelux,
Switzerland, Italy (4), East and Southeast Europe and Russia (9), Asia (8), Africa (5), North and South
America (9), the Polar regions, the Atlantic, the Mediterrean and Black Seas, and Australia (3).
TIEDEMANN, Friedrich (1781-
1861) Das Hirn des Negers mit dem des Europäers und Orang-
Outangs verglichen.
Heidelberg, Karl Winter 1837. 4to (24 x 32 cm). [2
advert.],VI,[2],84p. With 6 lithograph plates (somewhat smaller in size). Contemp. grey boards, light wear
to back and edges. Usual mild paperspotting. Old bookplate and inscription to front paste-down. With
loosely inserted erratum-leaf. (#31623) eur 900
First edition thus. Originally published in English in the
Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society in London in 1836 under the title
On the brain of the negro,
compared with that of the European and the Orang-Outang.
Friedrich Tiedemann was professor in Landshut and Heidelberg and one of the greatest anatomists and
zoologists of his time. In his preface to this volume he writes that his research was provoked by the
discussions in the English parliament about the slave-trade and the emancipation of the blacks. The object of
his investigations was, in his own words, to assay 'the almost generally accepted theory that negroes are a
human race ... much lower than other races, closely related to monkeys'. Tiedemann investigated the brains
and crania of black Africans, other human races and orang-outangs in anatomical collections in Europe. The
results of his investigations surprised his contemporaries: even though the crania of black Africans were
indeed smaller than those of Europeans, their brains were as large and as heavy. Tiedemann concluded that
blacks indeed were as capable as Europeans. Once he had concluded no essential differences in the structure
of the brain, he investigates whether there are differences in the 'capabilities of the soul' (
Seelen-
Fähigkeiten). He concluded that, despite the unfavourable conditions under which many blacks
had to live, their intellectual capabilities were equally developped.
In the last chapter Tiedemann goes beyond the limits of physical antrhopology - his book was one of the
earliest works in that field - and investigates the reasons for prevailing unfavourable opinions about the
intellectual faculties of blacks. He concluded that this was fully due to the slave trade and to the inhuman
and cruel treatment of the slaves in America. He then proves that blacks indeed were able to great
intellectual performances: he gives examples of moral and intellectual achievements of African blacks in the
use of natural resources, their institutions, languages, arts and crafts, etc. and he proves that the disregard
for the social and religious life of Africans is fully unjustified. He ends with examples of people of black
descent who have distinguished themselves in the arts and sciences: Eliza Capitein, Benjamin Banneker,
Olaudah Equiano, Ignatius Sancho, Juan Latino, and many others.
TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de
