COMTE, Auguste.
Appel aux conservateurs. Prix: trois francs. Paris, Chez l’Auteur et chez Dalmont, Août 1855.
8vo, pp. xxxi, [1, blank], 136; two folding tables; the odd tiny spot, else an excellent copy; in contemporary quarter morocco over green marbled boards, corners rubbed, spine lettered directly, preserving original green printed wrappers, slightly faded; illegible contemporary ownership inscription, contemporary annotations throughout and to rear free endpaper.
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Appel aux conservateurs. Prix: trois francs.
First edition of Comte’s ‘appeal to conservatives’, a briefer and more logical exposition of the Positivist system than the Cours. The folding tables depict the positivist structure and the positivist calendar. Comte was seeking a system of logic in which the very explanation of the ideal would be tantamount to its achievement, which is clearly visible in this satisfying publication.