Leibniz – The correspondence with Clarke and the dispute with Newton, 1720

Recueil de diverses pièces, sur la philosophie, la religion naturelle, l'histoire, les mathematiques, &c. Par Mrs. Leibniz, Clarke, Newton, & autres auteurs célèbres. Amsterdam: Duvillard et Changuion, 1720. 2 volumes, 12mo, engraved frontispiece with portraits of the main authors, also an engraved portrait after Kneller of the dedicatee, Princess Caroline of Ansbach, [vi], xcviii, [ii], 409, [6]; [vi], 424, [14] pp., (vol. 1 pagination 161-5 repeated and 409-410 misnumbered 408-409), somewhat later vellum with red morocco labels, small hole in one spine, bookplates of Julius Gertig on pastedowns, title-pages printed in red and black, in the first volume worming from p. 200 onwards with loss of a few letters not affecting legibility, in the second volume some sections browned and some miniscule marginal worming, scattered light spotting throughout, still a very good copy, rare.