Condillac (Étienne Bonnot de) Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines, 2 vol., Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1746; Traité des Sensations, a Madame la Comtesse de Vassé, 2 vol., 1754, first editions (4)

Condillac (Étienne Bonnot de) Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines, 2 vol., first edition, half-title to vol.2 only, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting and light browning, contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt and with red morocco labels, spine ends little chipped, vol.1 joints splitting, but holding firm, corners little worn, rubbed, III, p.474], Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1746; Psychology.- Traité des Sensations, a Madame la Comtesse de Vassé, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting and light staining, contemporary cat's paw calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with double red morocco labels, spine ends little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Tchemerzine III, 477; En français dans le texte 158; Garrison & Morton 4968], London & Paris, De Bure the elder, 1754, 12mo (4)

⁂ I: Condillac's first work. II: 'The most extreme statement of the notion that the mind is a tabula rasa formed completely by experience. Condillac focused entirely on the sensations as the source of knowledge' (Rieber & Gach 114).