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BAYLE (Pierre) - Dictionnaire historique et critique - Rotterdam ; Reinier Leers, 1697 [then] DU MÊME - Supplément au dictionnaire historique et critique pour les éditions de 1702 et de 1715 - Genève ; Fabri et Barrillot, 1722 - 3 volumes in 5 volumes In-folio - Some yellowed leaves, 1 angular halo on the 1st leaves of volume I - Text on 2 columns - Portrait frontispiece engraved by Chéreau - Large medallion engraved on the titles of the first 4 volumes after A. van der Wers, 1 library stamp on the title of the supplement volume - Binding of the period in speckled tan calf (corners worn, boards rubbed, scuffed, stained and/or scratched, corners worn, small partial cracks in the spines) - Spine with ornate nerves, The binding of the supplement, in good condition, differs slightly - A rather good copy of the first edition of this collection of biographies of personalities having marked the political, religious and philosophical life, originally conceived as a reply to the errors of Moréri's dictionary.
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BAYLE (Pierre) - Dictionnaire historique et critique - Rotterdam ; Reinier Leers, 1697 [then] DU MÊME - Supplément au dictionnaire historique et critique pour les éditions de 1702 et de 1715 - Genève ; Fabri et Barrillot, 1722 - 3 volumes in 5 volumes In-folio - Some yellowed leaves, 1 angular halo on the 1st leaves of volume I - Text on 2 columns - Portrait frontispiece engraved by Chéreau - Large medallion engraved on the titles of the first 4 volumes after A. van der Wers, 1 library stamp on the title of the supplement volume - Binding of the period in speckled tan calf (corners worn, boards rubbed, scuffed, stained and/or scratched, corners worn, small partial cracks in the spines) - Spine with ornate nerves, The binding of the supplement, in good condition, differs slightly - A rather good copy of the first edition of this collection of biographies of personalities having marked the political, religious and philosophical life, originally conceived as a reply to the errors of Moréri's dictionary.
