Von Haller Albrecht. - Discours sur l'Irreligion - 1760

Von Haller Albrecht. Discourse on Irreligion. Lausanne François Grasset 1760. Very rare edition of the famous philosophical and apologetic work by the illustrious Swiss scholar, poet, and naturalist. The work criticizes the foundations of irreligion and radical free thought of its time, arguing that the absence of religion leads to the degradation of public morality and compromises the happiness of societies. Half-leather binding from the nineteenth century. Title in gold on the spine. Foliate/ornamental border engraved on the title page. Dimensions 17x11, pages XVI, 98. Excellent condition.