[PHILOSOPHY and THE ENLIGHTENMENT. 18th century]. - Lot 109

[PHILOSOPHY and THE ENLIGHTENMENT. 18th century]. Set of 4 titles in 6 volumes in their period bindings. Some wear, occasional scuffing on the corners and caps, slight discoloration, but good copies overall. -Baron de PUFENDORF. The Duties of Man... Translated by Jean Barbeyrac. Amsterdam, Pierre de Coup, 1722. -[Baron d'HOLBACH]. System of Nature. London, 1770. 2 volumes, in-8. -DUMARSAIS. Essay on Prejudices. Paris: J. Desray, Year I of the Republic (1792–1793). 2 volumes, in-12. -HELVETIUS. On the Mind. Paris: Durand, 1769. 8vo. MATERIALISM. ENLIGHTENMENT. HOBBES. BURLAMAQUI. Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and lover of fine bindings, a flutist, and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, frequented both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the decorative arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were staged primarily in the Paris region.