Bel In 4 Illustrated “essay On Man” By Mr Alexandre Pope In Lausanne 1762. New Edition

De forma in 4 n speckled basane, ribbed spine decorated with gilded irons, ocher morocco title, marbled endpapers, red edges, two-tone title. "Essay on Man" by Mr. Alexandre Pope, French translation in prose by Mr. S******* New Edition, with the English original; decorated with Figures in Intaglio. In Lausanne, at Marc Chapuis 1762. Beautiful copy with a full frontispiece plate and 'plates for the chapters, a vignette on the title of the portrait of the Author, five banner vignettes and a cul-de-lampe magnificent illustrations in the purest baroque style, notably the frames figures (we are under the Reign of Louis XV...) This text had a resounding success in the 18th century with this approach to emerging Philosophy. We are in the Age of Enlightenment.....