[HOLBACH, Paul-Henri Thiry, baron]
La Morale universelle, or the duties of man based on nature. Paris, by Baillio and Colas & by Denis, year IV [=1796.] 3 volumes in-8 (212 x 134 mm) of 2 ff.n.ch., XXXIX, 315 pp. for volume I ; 2 ff.n.ch., 274 pp. for volume II ; 2 ff.n.ch., 307 pp. for volume III. Rooted calf, gilt border, smooth spine decorated, title and greeen morocco, blue edges (contemporary binding).
Vercruysse, 1796, A2; see INED, 2287.
Second edition (e.o. 1776). Each volume is devoted to a specific theme: 1. theory of morality. 2. Practice of morality.
3. Of the duties of private life.
Beautifully bound copy.