DELISLE de SALES, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Lot n° 53

Philosophy of happiness. Manuscript of Plato, published by the author of the Philosophy of Nature; and serving as a supplement to the latter work. New edition. Paris, Goujon fils, 1800 - An VIII. 2 volumes in-8 (205 x 128 mm) with engraved portrait and frontispiece, 3 ff.n.ch., [16], CCLVIII, pp. [16]-182, 1 f.n.ch., 2 engraved plates for volume I ; engraved frontispiece (repeated), 383 pp., 2 ff.n.ch., 6 engraved plates for volume II. Red morocco, decorative frieze in the style of Bradel on the boards, spines decorated, gilt edges (period binding). Second edition, partly original and enlarged. The illustration includes a repeated frontispiece, the engraved portrait of the author, 3 portraits of philosophers or writers of antiquity (Homer, Socrates and Marcus Aurelius), as well as 4 figures engraved by Ponce after Mongin. A fine copy, beautifully bound.