| BAILLET, A. |
Jugemens des Savans sur les principaux ouvrages des Auteurs. Revûs, corrigez, & augmentez par Mr. de la Monnoye. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée I. de L'Anti-Baillet de Menage, avec des Observations de Mr. de la Monnoye; 2. des Reflexions sur les Jugemens des Savans; 3. des Reflexions sur la Vie de Descartes par Baillet; 4. des Jugemens des Savans sur les Maitres d'Eloquence par Mr. Gibert, Professeur de Rhetorique. A Amsterdam, Aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1725. Titles printed in red and black, with title vignettes and portrait-frontispiece. 8 volumes in 4. (6), lxxvii, (1), 237, (1) pp.; (8), 478 pp.; (2), 310, (2, blank) pp.; (2), 402 pp.; (6), 350 pp.; (2), vi, 299, (1) pp.; (8), 379, (1) pp.; xv, (1), 408 pp. 4to. Contemporary calf, spines richly gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering (bindings with some very minor spots, volume two with small damage). Schosler, p. 21; Huisman, D., Dictionnaire des Philosophes, i, p. 229-230; Colonia, ii, p. 358; Willaert, Bibliotheca Janseniana Belgica, 9212; Petzholt, pp. 27-28; Besterman, pp. 467-468. Important work describing and discussing approximately 5000 works. - Very good copy. Adrien Baillet was converted to Jansenism by Walon de Beaupuis and Godefroi Hermant and it was the latter who obtained for him the post of librarian of François-Chrétien de Lamoignon. His first task was to catalogue the very large and beautiful library and this work forced him to develop a thorough knowledge about many of the books. In two years time he produced a catalogue of 32 volumes cathering an enormous knowledge in the process. It was the access to so many books and his formidable knowledge which made him decide to produce a sort of 'catalogue raisonné' of the production of the human mind, the Jugemens des Savans ....., the most celebrated and useful of all his works. The praise bestowed on the Jansenists in this work brought down on Baillet the hatred of the Jesuits.
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