Author: BAYLE, PIERRE
Title: Dictionaire Historique Et Critique
Description: Rotterdam, Bohn, F. 1715, 3-Rd. Edition. Full Calf, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Picard, Bernard. Book, 4 Vols. Vol. I- 1126 pp. Vol. II-1088 pp. Vol.III- 1030 pp. and Vol. IV [Supplement] 402 pp. Vols. 1-3 with engraved [repeated] title vignettes by Picard. Vol. IV Published by Fabri & Barrillot , Geneve. Uniform, Full Calf Dutch Bindings, Spines with raised bands and titles pieces richly gilded. For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopedie [Diderot] Bayle's Dictionnaire dominated enligthened thinking in every part of Europe. Bindings with traces of use , some damage to heads and feet of spines, leather abrasions from panels, but a good, sound, uniformly bound set of a great book! SEE: Brunet I, 711 ("Edition la plus belle et qui a ete longtemps la plus recherche de ce dictionnaire"); vgl. PMM 155 Graesse I, 314 - Ebert 1791 - Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) Bayle resided in exile Rotterdam for some years and found his publisher in this city. Good/No Jacket.

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