1741, Le Gendre, Sciences occultes, Traité historique et critique de l'opinion, tome 7.

Condition : good, rubbed, corners slightly dulled, second board upper corner with minor defect, leather missing from headpieces, front flyleaf with loss at upper corner, small dedication to title, few pages slightly browned, about 30 pp. with minor trace of moisture in margins, a few small scattered spots. Overall a good clean copy.
Illustrations : one folding plate.
Binding : contemporary full leather, spine gilt.
Volume : 1 volume.
Format : In-12.
Pages : 2 ff, 716 pp, 2 ff.
Publisher : Paris, Briasson.
Date : 1741.
References : Caillet 6403; Brunet VI, 3585.

Deals with magic, cabala and numbers, oracles, sibyls, auguries, omens and dreams.
The 1741 edition was published in 7 volumes.

"The point of view of this work is the science of doubt... it is the essay of a moderate sceptic..." (preface to volume I). Gilbert-Charles Le Gendre, Marquis de Saint-Aubin, established in his Traité historique et critique de l'opinion a history of ideas and theses in all fields of knowledge, the main purpose being to place before the eyes of the readers the errors and prejudices that have prevailed at a certain moment in history.