The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr. Peter Bayle
by Bayle Peter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Knapton et al., 1734. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Five volumes in contemporary calf, worn, a few boards detached and the rest having been crudely reattached at some point, surface scrapes. Quite clean internally with light scattered foxing. Finely printed with headpieces and wide margins. Portrait in volume one. Old catalog entry pasted to the first title page. It includes the preface to the first French edition and a Life of Bayle.
A major enlightenment text and a great leap towards Diderot's Encyclopedia. "Bayle championed reason against belief, philosophy against religion, tolerance against superstition...For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopédie, Bayle's Dictionnaire dominated enlightened thinking in every part of Europe." Printing and the Mind of Man 155. Size: Folio. 5-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045024.
A major enlightenment text and a great leap towards Diderot's Encyclopedia. "Bayle championed reason against belief, philosophy against religion, tolerance against superstition...For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopédie, Bayle's Dictionnaire dominated enlightened thinking in every part of Europe." Printing and the Mind of Man 155. Size: Folio. 5-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045024.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045024
- Title
- The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr. Peter Bayle
- Author
- Bayle Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knapton et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1734
- Keywords
- Reference; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Pazzo Books
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Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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