"2 Vol. In 8: "research On The Origin Of Discoveries Attributed To The Moderns" L. Dutens Paris"
Beautiful and rare copy in two volumes In 8 , full speckled calf , spine with ribs decorated with gilt irons in the lower parts , titles and volume numbers in tan and garnet morocco , marbled endpapers , red edges . In Paris , at the Veuve Duchesne , rue Saint-Jacques , below the Fontaine Saint-Benoit , at the Temple of Taste . M. DCC. LXVI. (1766 ) : " Research on the Origin of the discoveries attributed to the Moderns , where it is demonstrated that our most famous Philosophers have drawn most of their knowledge from the Works of the Ancients : & that several important truths about Religion were known to the Sages of Paganism . By Louis Dutens ;