Authors starting with 1 from Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio

Paris: Chez Durand, 1769. 20cm; xx,481, [2] pages. Woodcut head- and tail pieces. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, with raised bands and gilt panels on spine. Leather label titled in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Worm trails on lower joint and fraying at spine ends, with some loss. Old paper shelf label on spine. Spot on title page. Reference: Kress 6642. This controversial treatise, first published in 1758, advanced the view that sensation is the source of all intellectual activity and that self-inte... more information

London [i.e., Maastricht]: [Dufour & Roux], 1773. 23 cm; cxxv, [1], 110 pages. Title page printed in red and black. Half title present. Woodcut device on title page; typographic ornaments in text. Bound in original publisher's boards, untrimmed and unsophisticated. Leaves sewn out of order in first signature, but all pages present. Pervasive damp stain at lower right corner of text block. Reference: Smith, Bibliography of the writings of Helvetius, B.4. A philosophical inquiry into happines... more information

London [i.e., Deux-Ponts]: [Imprimerie Ducale], 1772. First edition. Reference: Goldsmiths’-Kress no. 10947.2. 20 cm; [4], cxx, 116, [2] pages. Title page printed in red and black. Half title present. Errata present after text. Woodcut device on title page; typographic ornaments in text. Bound in contemporary 1/4 mottled calf over mottled paper-covered boards. Gilt title label. Speckled edges. Text bright and unblemished. Reference: Smith, Bibliography of the writings of Helvetius, B.1; Ciora... more information