Pierre Paupie

New edition, following the original published in 1736/37 by the same publisher, but which contained only 180 letters compared to 203 for the subsequent ones. The table of contents occupies the space of the last volume.
Contemporary full blond calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title-label and black morocco volume labels. Head of spines of volumes II, III, and IV missing. Rubbing and surface wear to some boards. Some corners slightly bumped. Quite good set overall.
The Lettres juives are Boyer d'Argens' first literary contribution after his military career and his most remarkable book for its imagination and verve. The work was originally a periodical, with l

New edition, reprint of the augmented edition of the second volume from 1740. It is illustrated with a portrait and a curious allegorical figure in the first volume, as well as a large title vignette to the epistle.
Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full glazed marbled calf binding. Red morocco title label and volume labels. 3 corners slightly bumped. Light crack to the upper joint of volume II. Despite the noted defects, handsome copy, with very fine appearance.
Work of a free thinker of the Enlightenment, the philosophy of common sense is an examination of prejudices and all branches of knowledge in light of the postulate of scepticism; for the author this postulate