Bidspirit auction | Dictionnaire historique et critique par

Dictionnaire historique et critique par Pierre Bayle, 4 vol., 1730, in French Quatrième édition Historical and Critical Dictionary, fourth edition by Pierre Bayle Amsterdam: Brunel, Wetstein, & Smith, 1730. Original full-leather bindings with gilt-stamped spines. Amsterdam; Leide: P. Brunel; R. & J. Wetstein; G. Smith; Samuel Luchtmans, 1730. Fourth Edition. Four Volumes. Volume I CXVI, 719 pages. Volume II 915 pages. Volume III 831 pages. Volume IV 804 pages. Bound in brown leather with raised bands and gilt ornamentation on spines with and gilt trim to edges, size: 41 x 27 cm. Condition: covers worn, rubbed, stained; edges damaged, hinges damaged; rear cover of 1st vol. detached. Some dark small stains; damping near front edges Weight of volumes: 4690gr., 4355gr., 4490gr., 4255 gr. =17 kg. 790 gr. Engraved frontispiece: A. van der Werff pinxit — Artist; G. van Gouwen sculpsit — engraver. Adriaen van der Werff (21 January 1659 – 12 November 1722) was a Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes. He painted several works for the Medicis. His brother, Pieter van der Werff (1661–1722), was his principal pupil and assistant. Gilliam van der Gouwen, first name also transcribed as Guilliam and Willem (ca. 1657, Antwerp — buried on 15 March 1716, Amsterdam)[1] was a Flemish engraver who spent most of his active career in the Dutch Republic. He is known for his reproductive engravings and various title pages, maps and book illustrations for the Amsterdam publisher Owner's signature: Joseph Rogers M.D. & F.R.S. M.D. = Doctor of Medicine F.R.S. = Fellow of the Royal Society Joseph Rogers (1821–1889) was an English physician, Membre de la Royal Society (F.R.S.) and campaigning medical officer. Engraved ex libris with motto “Sola nobilitas virtus” (“The only nobility is virtue”) and the image of a tree above the crown is very similar to the British-Scottish heraldry officially connected with the Dukes of Abercorn (Hamilton branch). Pierre Bayle (18 November 1647 – 28 December 1706)[4] was a French philosopher, author, and lexicographer. He is best known for his Historical and Critical Dictionary, whose publication began in 1697.[4] Many of the more controversial ideas in the book were hidden away in the voluminous footnotes, or they were slipped into articles on seemingly uncontroversial topics. Bayle is commonly regarded as a forerunner of the Encyclopédistes of the mid-18th century.