Songes Philosophiques Par L'auteur Des Lettres Juives De Boyer, Jean-Baptiste, Marquis D'argens

Published in Berlin in 1746. No publisher given but stated as Suivant la Copie Originale. Bound in contemporary quarter leather with marbled boards. The spine has slight chipping at the top and bottom and the title panel has been lost. There is a little light cracking along the edges. Rubbing to the corners with no leather on any of them. There is also quite heavy surface wear with a the marbled cover lost along the right edge of the front panel and at the top of the rear panel. Slight browning to the endpapers with the name of a previous owner in ink to the front free endpaper - Lady Wale of Shelford near Cambridge. There is also a family bookplate is on the front pastedown and another family name at the top. The author's name has been added in ink to the title page where there are two other short pieces of writing one of which has subsequently been crossed out. There is some staining to the last few pages and the pages have some browning but are generally otherwise unmarked. First printing.