GUER [Jean-Antoine]. Histoire critique de l'âme des bêtes, c - Lot 8

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GUER [Jean-Antoine]. Histoire critique de l'âme des bêtes, c - Lot 8
GUER [Jean-Antoine]. Histoire critique de l'âme des bêtes, contenant les sentimens des philosophes anciens, et ceux des modernes sur cette matière. Dedicated to M. de Machault (...). A'dam, Françaois Changuion, 1749, 2 volumes bound in 1 vol. 8°, contemporary full marbled basane, smooth spine gilt decorated with flowers, red edges (edges and jaws rubbed, 1 corner dull, int. hinge split, intermittent marg. and angular wetness, scattered spotting). Uncommon first edition of this work by the literary scholar J.-A. Guer (1713-1764). The first volume lists the opinions of the Ancients, the second describes the "good qualities" and "qualities of mind" of beasts, and exposes the sentiments of the Moderns on this subject. Complete with the 2 errata leaves at the end of the 2nd volume (Conlon 49, 569).
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