[BAYLE (Pierre)]. Pensées diverses, écrites à un Docteur de Sorbonne, à l'occasion de la Comète qui parut au mois de décembre 1680. Rotterdam, Reinier Leers, 1683. 2 volumes in-12, granite calf, ornate spine, mottled edges (contemporary binding).
Caillet, n°860 (for the 1704 edition).
Second edition, published one year after the original, of this polemical treatise written by Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) on the occasion of the passage of the great comet of 1680 (known as Kirch's Comet), in which he questions Christian superstitions and beliefs and proposes a critical reflection on religions, atheism and morality.
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