BAYLE, Pierre. Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, Rotterdam: Michel Bohm, 1720, 4 volumes, 2°, third edition, half titles, each title printed in red and black with engraved vignette (lacking title to vol. IV, some dampstaining and occasional soiling to lower corners, a few margins wormed), contemporary calf (worn), bookplate of James Abercromby. [Brunet I, 711: "édition plus belle"] With Jacques Georges de Chauffepie's Supplement ou de Continuation au Dictionnaire (Amsterdam & The Hague, 1750-56, 4 volumes) and 14 other volumes, including duplicates of volume III and IV of Bayle's Dictionnaire (Rotterdam, 1720). (22)
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BAYLE, Pierre. Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, Rotterdam: Michel Bohm, 1720, 4 volumes, 2°, third edition, half titles, each title printed in red and black with engraved vignette (lacking title to vol. IV, some dampstaining and occasional soiling to lower corners, a few margins wormed), contemporary calf (worn), bookplate of James Abercromby. [Brunet I, 711: "édition plus belle"] With Jacques Georges de Chauffepie's Supplement ou de Continuation au Dictionnaire (Amsterdam & The Hague, 1750-56, 4 volumes) and 14 other volumes, including duplicates of volume III and IV of Bayle's Dictionnaire (Rotterdam, 1720). (22)
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De Chauffepie's Supplement lacks the half title to volume IV and possibly the last leaf of volume II.