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Correspondance Générale D'Helvétius, Volume IV 1774-1800 / Lettres 721-855
by Helvétius, Claude Adrien & David Smith & Peter Allan & J. A. Dainard & Marie-Thérèse Inguenaud & Jean Orsoni
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802042856
- ISBN 13
- 9780802042859
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. Good in Good dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0802042856 . Kb28...xx, 406 pp. Index. B&W illustrations, frontis gravure of Madame Helvetius. Octavo. Perrywinkle blue dust jacket with oval image of madame Helvetius shows very minor shelf wear, flaps intact. Book itself is clean and unmarked, a quite nice copy. In French except for the occasional English letter. Suivies de lettres relevant des periodes des trois permier volumes et decouvertes depuis leur parution. Introduction, etablissement des textes et appareil critique. The 4th of 5 volumes of the French philosopher Claude Adrien Helvetius (1715-1771) , author of the controversial De l'Esprit. Featuring the corresopndence of Mm. Helvetius, nee Anne Catherine de Ligniville, in the years following her husband's death, this volume also includes letters by and to Helvetius discovered since the publication of the first 3 volumes. ; French Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 426 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10732
- Title
- Correspondance Générale D'Helvétius, Volume IV 1774-1800 / Lettres 721-855
- Author
- Helvétius, Claude Adrien & David Smith & Peter Allan & J. A. Dainard & Marie-Thérèse Inguenaud & Jean Orsoni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802042856
- ISBN 13
- 9780802042859
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- 0802042856, Helvetius, French Philosophy, Women Philosophers, Benjamin Franklin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Philosophy,Social Sciences; History: Western Europe; Women's Studies; Language - French;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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