BAYLE, Pierre. An Historical and Critical Dictionary. London, 1710. 4 vols. 2o. Each title with engraved vignette. Contemporary calf (some wear, rebacked). "Bayle [1647-1706], a Protestant philosopher, wrote his 'Historical and Critical Encyclopaedia' in his voluntary exile in Rotterdam as an anti-clerical... Bayle championed reason against belief, philosophy against religion, tolerance against superstition." See PMM 155b. (4)

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BAYLE, Pierre. An Historical and Critical Dictionary. London, 1710. 4 vols. 2o. Each title with engraved vignette. Contemporary calf (some wear, rebacked). "Bayle [1647-1706], a Protestant philosopher, wrote his 'Historical and Critical Encyclopaedia' in his voluntary exile in Rotterdam as an anti-clerical... Bayle championed reason against belief, philosophy against religion, tolerance against superstition." See PMM 155b. (4)