77/2688 [Philosophy]. Leibniz, G.W. Oeuvres Philosophiques Latines & Françoises. French transl. R.E. Raspe. Amst. and Leipsic, J. Schreuder, 1765, 1st ed., (4),XVI,(2),540,(17)p., engr. title vignette, contemp. calf w. richly gilt spine and green mor. letterpiece, 4to.

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= First edition thus, being the first collected edition of Leibniz' philosophical works in French and Latin, and containing the first printing of one of Leibniz' most important philosophical works, his "Nouveaux essays sur l'entendement humain" (New Essays on Human Understanding), in which he attacks and refutes Locke and his "Essay on Human Understanding" and gives important testimony to his own philosophical ideas (as stated in the preface by Raspe, p.X). Graesse IV,152. With the armorial bookplate and owner's entry of Joseph (Ferdinand), Count of Rheinstein-Tattenbach. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVIII.