Pierre BAYLE
Pierre BAYLE
Dictionaries & Grammars.- Bayle (Pierre) An Historical and Critical Dictionary, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, woodcut initials, woodcut and engraved head- and tail-pieces, part 4 lacking title and half-title, vol. 2 with occasional light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, 19th century reback and recornering, [PMM 155b (French edition)], folio, for C. Harper et al., 1710.
⁂ "For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopedie, Bayle's Dictionaire dominated enlightened thinking in every part of Europe" - PMM.
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Pierre BAYLE
Dictionaries & Grammars.- Bayle (Pierre) An Historical and Critical Dictionary, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, woodcut initials, woodcut and engraved head- and tail-pieces, part 4 lacking title and half-title, vol. 2 with occasional light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, 19th century reback and recornering, [PMM 155b (French edition)], folio, for C. Harper et al., 1710.
⁂ "For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopedie, Bayle's Dictionaire dominated enlightened thinking in every part of Europe" - PMM.