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Éclaircissement sur Les mœurs – François-Vincent Toussaint

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Full waxed Havana calf, lightly marbled, with a richly decorated long spine, title label in red morocco, covers decorated with a triple-edged frame and moral motif on the corners, all edges gilt, 162 x 100. 1752. First edition. Vignette to the title. 412p. After a long preface paginated iv-lx, and 6p. of table of chapters and errata. Very good interior, clean and intact. Covers, fields and corners rubbed, with marked rubbing on the upper cover. Spine slightly rubbed with headcap with a tear without loss. Beautiful copy, very firm. Also in stock in the same binding the fifth edition of Moeurs, the book that led the author to write this defense. François-Vincent Toussaint is known for this work, which caused a scandal and was banned upon its publication in 1748. The book was nevertheless very successful, and some articles were included in the Encyclopedia. This work is based on morality and natural justice, and rejects the need for revealed religion, natural morality being independent of the social laws brought about by religion. In 1752, he published Éclaircissements sur les mœurs, to defend the first work.