Eléments métaphysiques de la doctrine de la vertu (seconde partie de la Métaphysique des moeurs) suivis d'un traité de pédagogie et de divers opuscules relatifs à la morale

First edition of the French translation.
Half aubergine shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with double gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper corners slightly bumped, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing.
Kant indeed distinguishes the metaphysics of law from that of virtue in his work published in 1797 which comprises two major divisions. Jules Barni indeed translated almost all of Kant, and today we essentially use his translation of the Critique of Pure Reason. His work as a translator was decisive in the reception of Kantianism in France.