Lot 216
Spinoza (Baruch) Réflexions curieuses d'un esprit des-interessé..., first French edition, in contemporary red morocco, Cologne [but Amsterdam], Claude Emanuel , 1678.
Hammer Price: £2,200
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Spinoza (Baruch) Réflexions curieuses d'un esprit des-interessé sur les matières les plus importantes au salut, tant public que particulier, [translated by Gabriel de Saint-Glen], etched portrait frontispiece of the author (not called for), woodcut ornament to title, errata f. and 30pp. of 'Remarques' at end, occasional light spotting, contemporary red morocco, covers with triple gilt filet borders, spine in compartments, all but one compartment with central rosette tool within double filet borders with foliage corner-pieces, upper part of lower cover faded, rubbed at extremities, g.e., [Van der Linde, 11; Wolf 371], 12mo (book block 140 x 72mm.; binding 147 x 89mm.), Cologne [but Amsterdam], Claude Emanuel , 1678.
⁂ First French edition of Spinoza's great Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. With two other title-pages with fictitious imprints bound in at start: Traitté des cérémonies des juifs tant anciens que modernes, Amsterdam, Jacob Smith, 1678 and La Clef du santuaire, Leiden, Pierre Warnaer, 1678.
Description
Spinoza (Baruch) Réflexions curieuses d'un esprit des-interessé sur les matières les plus importantes au salut, tant public que particulier, [translated by Gabriel de Saint-Glen], etched portrait frontispiece of the author (not called for), woodcut ornament to title, errata f. and 30pp. of 'Remarques' at end, occasional light spotting, contemporary red morocco, covers with triple gilt filet borders, spine in compartments, all but one compartment with central rosette tool within double filet borders with foliage corner-pieces, upper part of lower cover faded, rubbed at extremities, g.e., [Van der Linde, 11; Wolf 371], 12mo (book block 140 x 72mm.; binding 147 x 89mm.), Cologne [but Amsterdam], Claude Emanuel , 1678.
⁂ First French edition of Spinoza's great Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. With two other title-pages with fictitious imprints bound in at start: Traitté des cérémonies des juifs tant anciens que modernes, Amsterdam, Jacob Smith, 1678 and La Clef du santuaire, Leiden, Pierre Warnaer, 1678.
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