[Justus van Effen] De Misantrope, of de gestrenge zedenmeester

In het Fransch geschreven door Justus van Effen, Schryver van den Hollandschen Spectator en in het Nederduits vertaalt door P. le Clercq. Amsterdam. Hermanus Uytwerf. (third volume Arent van Huyssteen) 1742-1745. 3 volumes. Small 8vo. Parchment. Title on spine in hw., portrait of the author by Des Angeles and P. Tangé, 3x title in red and black with vignette, 534,533,(62) pp., title vol. 2 loose, var. endpapers damaged, else good copy.

The first edition of the (according to Buijnsters) best essayistic text from the early Enlightenment. (total 3)