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Francesco Soave. La filosofia di Kant. Modena: 1803.
This rare work is the first Italian study of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. (*B2798.S67).
Dichtkundig Praal-Tooneel van Neerlands Wondern. Embden: 1753-54.
This is an illustrated chronicle of the so-called Orangist Revolution in the Netherlands in 1747-48. It was published anonymously and the imprint is possibly false as well. The collection is in six volumes, and is not among the holdings of the Royal Library in The Hague. (*PT5450.D54).
Vincent, Expert Ecrivain. Nouveau livre d’après les plus belles pieces d’écriture. Paris: n.d.
The Clark has an excellent collection of writing manuals for the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This pretty example demonstrates various italic hands and like many such books, is engraved throughout. (*folio Z43.E96).
Julien Offray de La Mettrie. Politique du medecin de Machiavel [bound with] Essai sur l’esprit et les beaux esprits. [Both:] Amsterdam: n.d.
This volume contains proof copies of two works by the materialist philosopher La Mettrie, author most famously of Man the Machine. No other corrected proofs of works by La Mettrie are known to survive. (*R506.L23). Endowment Fund
Louis-Antoine Caraccioli. Le langage de la raison. Paris: 1763.
Caraccioli is best known to collectors for two books of his which are printed in colored inks, but he wrote a substantial number of books on many topics, including philosophy, religion, manners, etc. (*BV4502.C25).
Giornate de literati. Parma: 1688.
This volume of an Italian periodical, still in the original thick paper binding, contains articles on science, antiquities, and literature, as well as extensive book reviews, including a review of David Abercromby’s Opuscula medica (London: 1687). (*AP37.G49).