PHILOSOPHY] - Lot 70

PHILOSOPHY] MAUPERTUIS, Pierre-Louis Moreau de & DE LA METTRIE (Julien Offray)] A collection of two texts in one volume: *Venus Physique*, 1746, followed by *Venus Métaphysique, or Essay on the Origin of the Human Soul*, Berlin, Voss, 1752 A 12mo volume in full red sheepskin, with gilt fillets on the covers, a richly decorated ribbed spine, comprising 224 pages and 34 pages Second edition of *Vénus Physique*, following the original 1745 edition, of this work comprising two parts: a dissertation on the origin of humans and animals, followed by a dissertation on the origin of Black people. The author’s name is handwritten on the title page. First edition of *La Vénus métaphysique*. Rare. A fine copy.