Bailly,(J.S.).
Lettres sur l'origine des sciences, et sur celle des peuples de l'Asie, adressees a M. de Voltaire, & precedees de quelques lettres de M. de Voltaire a l'auteur. London & Paris, Elmesly u. De Bure 1777. 2 pp., 348 pp. Bindery of the twentieth century with gilt edges a. ribbon. (Partly rubbed and damaged, several worm traces, upper chap. with small tear). Roller-G. I, 71. DSB I, 402. Bengesco 2008. first edition. - "Bailly's argument for an antediluvian astronomy that prepared the way for the astronomers of recorded history brought him into conflict with Voltaire and resulted in the publication of his 'Lettres'" (DSB). - Title and the first sheet browned in the margin, partly water-margined and somewhat foxed.
