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1st Edition. Presumed second edition of the first work, first edition of the second title. [20], 109; [8], 140 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Julien Offray de La Mettrie's (1709-1751) controversial major work. In it, he denies the existence of a soul, and extends Descartes' argument of animals as automatons, akin to complex machines, to include human beings. This deterministic account proved so scandalous due to its anti-religious worldview, that La Mettrie fled to Berlin and later to the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia, where he worked as a physician and court reader. Bound with: [La Mettrie, Julien Offray de] L'Homme plus que machine. A Londres, 1748. Presumed first edition. (8), 140 pp. Author sometime given as Elie Luzac and location as Holland. see PMM 215; ESTC 006065851 (8 copies) Contemporary calf, stamped in gilt, red morocco spine label, front joint starting, rear joint rubbed, boards lightly rubbed, head of spine chipped, foot of spine slightly torn; edges stained red; marbled endpapers; text lightly spotted. Cholmondeley Library book-plate on front paste-down [20], 109; [8], 140 pp. 1 vols. 12mo Presumed second edition of the first work, first edition of the second title.