[Rare first French edition, printed in Amsterdam] De la nature humaine,

ou Exposition des facultés & des passions de l'ame, & de leurs causes déduites d'après des principes philosophiques qui ne sont communément ni reçus ni connus. Par Thomas Hobbes: Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois [by P.H.D. von Holbach]. London [= Amsterdam], no publisher, 1772, (4),IV,171 p., 19th-century half vellum.

Waterstained in blank margins at the beginning and end. Good copy of the rare first French edition. The "Avertissement" mentions a date of first publication of this work in 1640; that year did indeed see manuscript copies in circulation. The dedication by Hobbes to "Guillaume Comte de Newcastle" is dated 9 May 1640 in this translation. The first printed version was published in 1650 without the author's permission. Remarkably, PiCarta lists digital copies in Dutch libraries, yet no physical copies.