HUME, David (1711-1776) and L'Abbé Le Blanc, translator. Discours politiques. Amsterdam: J. Schreuder, P. Mortier, 1754-1757. 5 volumes, 12° (152 x 97mm). Titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, vols IV and V with additional part-titles printed in red and black with wood-engraved devices, vol. V with leaf of directions to the binder, wood-engraved head- and tailpieces. Slightly later half calf, gilt spines, silk ribbon markers (upper cover to vol. V lightly rubbed). Provenance: M. ?Schenck (contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to titles, slightly trimmed by binder).

HUME, David (1711-1776) and L'Abbé Le Blanc, translator. Discours politiques. Amsterdam: J. Schreuder, P. Mortier, 1754-1757. 5 volumes, 12° (152 x 97mm). Titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, vols IV and V with additional part-titles printed in red and black with wood-engraved devices, vol. V with leaf of directions to the binder, wood-engraved head- and tailpieces. Slightly later half calf, gilt spines, silk ribbon markers (upper cover to vol. V lightly rubbed). Provenance: M. ?Schenck (contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to titles, slightly trimmed by binder).

FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of Hume's Philosophical Works. Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en general (vol. III, pp. 153-428) is among the other contributions. Brunet III, 376; Higgs 692.