Richard BENTLEY
La friponnerie laïque des pretendus Esprits-Forts d'Angleterre: ou remarques de Phileleuthere de Leipsick sur le discours de la liberté de penser
Chez J. Wetstein & G. Smith|à Amsterdam 1738|-|relié
First French edition translated by Arnaud de la Chapelle. Title page in red and black.
Later 19th-century full red morocco binding with straight grain (Russia leather) signed by Thouvenin at tail. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartments framed by gilt fillets. Title and date in gilt. Gilt fillets framing the boards with trefoils in the corners. Inner gilt fillet. All edges gilt. Spine slightly faded. Rubbing to headcaps, joints and corners. Upper joint narrowly split at tail for 3 cm. One tear on p. 274, another on p. 302, both in the middle of the page. Despite some defects, a handsome copy.
20th-century engraved bookplate of E. Crawshaw.
€500