Abrege Latin de Philosophie, avec une Introduction et des Notes Francoises. In Two Parts

Paris: The Author, 1784. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. RARE, WorldCat shows only eight institutional holdings. Portrait of René Descartes engraved on copper frontispiece Vol. I. Very Good, quarter calf over paper covered boards, expertly rebacked early 19th c., with gilt lettering and rules, decorative end papers. Boards bumped and rubbed at edges. Vol. II with six fold-out plates engraved on copper at the end of the volume, representing geometric figures, diagrams (of astronomy), a terrestrial globe, instruments of physics and the 12 astrological signs. Introduction and author's notes in French, text in Latin and (truncated) in French. Internally quite clean and lovely, with no toning. .. (Inventory #: 008015)