[STANISLAS I LECZINSKI]. Oeuvres du Philosophe Bienfaisant. - Lot 222

[STANISLAS I LECZINSKI]. Oeuvres du Philosophe Bienfaisant. Paris, s.n., 1763. 4 volumes in-8, full contemporary marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece. Minor blemishes to the headpieces of volume IV, small wormholes at the foot of the spines of volumes I and IV, scattered foxing. First collective edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Cathelin, after Massé, and two vignettes by Schwab repeated on the titles, all engraved on copper. Large margins. Volume I contains, among others, treatises on true happiness, friendship and education, as well as three letters written under different pseudonyms. Volumes II and III are devoted entirely to remarks on the system of the Republic. Volume IV is a reflection on immortality, religion, philosophy, law, the passions and pleasure... Stanislas Leszczynski (1677 - 1766) was King of Poland from 1704 to 1709, Grand Duke of Lithuania, father-in-law of Louis XV and sovereign of the Duchies of Bar and Lorraine.