HELVÉTIUS, CLAUDE ADRIEN. De l'Esprit. Paris: (Moreau for) Durand 1758. 4to, 255 x 195 mm. (10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in.), contemporary citron morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet border, spine in six compartments, five gilt with repeated drawer handle tools, gilt morocco lettering-piece in the second, turn-ins gilt, edges marbled and gilt, small repair to upper cover and to lower joint, slight wear to extremities, upper inner hinge split, some light spotting, occasional discoloration. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, WITHOUT THE CANCELS, half-title, large woodcut title ornament by Papillon, with c4 blank, privilege on verso of last leaf. Tchemerzine III, 672-3.