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Librería: A. Gerits & Son b.v., Diemen, Holanda
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A Geneve, Chez Barde Manget & Compagnie, et à Paris, Chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1788. 400 pp. 8vo. Modern half calf (ancient style), spine richly gilt with red label and gilt lettering, marbled boards, corners, red edges. Cioranescu 38958; L'Illuminismo francese alla Fondazione Feltrinelli, 513; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED (listing many other works by Legros); Conlon, Ouvrages Français relatifs à Jean Jacques Rousseau, 757. First edition. Apart from the refutation of these works of d'Holbach (which were published under the name of Boulanger), this work also contains an analysis of the thought, philosophy and works of Jean Jacques Rousseau as well as numerous critical passages dealing with the theories of the physiocrats or économistes, with the pages 320-342 entirely devoted to them.The Abbé Legros was born in 1711 (died 1790) and had a succesful career within the church and an additional career of refuting and criticizing the works of the 'philosophes et économistes'. He wrote also works against Rousseau, Gebelin, and Necker, all his works being published under the pseudonym of 'Un Solitaire'. - A very nice large paper copy.