Parisian category:
Book title:

Système de la nature, by Holbach, Paul Henri Dietrich [d']

Keywords: Atheism, Atheist work, Materialism, Metaphysics, Philosophie, Philosophy, Religion, Sceptical works, Theology

Parisian category: De Dieu, de son existence, de sa providence

Illegality: Darnton’s Corpus (768 copies requested in 96 orders); Poinçot’s Inventory of the Bastille (France, 1789); **Joseph II’s Index (Austrian Empire, 1788)**

Printed: between 0 and 2,000 copies

Acquired: 94 full copies

Sold and Given: between 1,566 and 2,566 copies

Returns: 94 full copies

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Query:

Editions:

Full title: Système de la nature ou Des loix du monde physique & du monde moral
Edition type (by origin): Commissioned STN edition

Author(s): Holbach, Paul Henri Dietrich [d']
Language(s): French
Publication: London [Neuchâtel]: [Société Typographique de Neuchâtel], 1771
Details: 2 volumes, in-8°, pages: XIV, 397, [3 bl.]; [4], 500, [3], [1 bl.]

Notes: Attribution - known STN edition.

Full title: Systême de la nature
Edition type (by origin): Place of publication unknown

Author(s): Holbach, Paul Henri Dietrich [d']
Language(s): French
Publication: n.pl. [?]
Details: 2 volumes

STN Livres philosophiques 1775
STN Note Séparée 1781

Notes: Attribution - edition not identified. Almost certainly includes sales of the STN edition of 1771, but also others.BPUN, Ms1231, 'Note Séparée' 1781 gives 2 vols (Londres, 1777), in-8°. STN Livres philosophiques gives London, 1775.