537. HUET (Pierre-Daniel. Traité philosophique de la faiblesse de l'esprit humain. London, Jean Nourse, 1741, in-12, XL pp. 296 pp. speckled calf, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). The original edition, published 2 years after the author's death, dates from 1723. Huet, bishop of Soisson and then Avranches, philosopher and great scholar, wrote what he considered to be his best work. against Descartes and the philosophers. Some foxing and dampstaining. Small stain on endpapers and title page. Upper spine rubbed.