75/3211 Polignac, M. de. Anti-Lucretius, sive de Deo et Natura, libri novem. Paris, P.-A. le Mercier, 1747, (2),XXX,(2),450p., engr. frontisp. portrait of the author by J. DAULLÉ after H. RIGAUD, 14 engr. head- and tailpieces by C. EISEN, contemp calf w. gilt spine.

- Hinges weak. Backstrip for the larger part worn off; binding worn.

= First edition of this poem by Polignac (1661-1742) in which he refuted the ancient materialism of Lucretius (De rerum natura) and Epicurus, and that of his contemporary P. Bayle, and demonstrated the existence of God, the supernatural world and the immortality of the soul. Brunet IV, p.777; Graesse V, p.388; Quérard VII, p.249.