[Two works]. CONDILLAC (Etienne Bonnot de).Traité des animau - Lot 15

[Two works]. CONDILLAC (Etienne Bonnot de).Traité des animaux, où après avoir fait des observations critiques sur le sentiment de Descartes et sur celui de M. de Buffon, on entreprend d'expliquer leurs principales facultés. This work is accompanied by a reasoned extract from Traité des Sensations. A Amsterdam, et se vend à Paris, chez de Bure l'ainé, Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1755; in-12 (17x10 cm), contemporary calf, spine ribbed and ornamented (headbands faded, first plate split 7 cm with small lack, two corners dull). VII- 232 pages. In his treatise, Condillac explains his opposition to Descartes or Buffon on the soul of animals, but the animal serves above all as a pretext to focus on the difference between God's relationship with humans and with animals. PERNETTI (Jacques). Lettres philosophiques sur les physionomies. New edition and continuation of the letters. A la Haye, chez Jean Neaulme, 1748; in-16 (13.5x9 cm), contemporary calf, ornate ribbed spine. 3-240 pages. Counterfeit of the original edition, published two years later. Reference: Barbier II, 1285; Quérard VII, 56; Caillet, 8526.