LEIBNITZ, Gottfried-Wilhelm. - Essais de theodicée sur la bonté de Dieu, la liberté de l'homme, et l'origine du mal - A Amsterdam, chez David Mortier, 1720 - 2 parts bound in one volume in-12 of XLI-(3), 424 pp. ; (1) f., from 425 to 520 pp. ; grained basane, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). Third edition of this important work. The "Appendices to the Essays..." occupy pages 425 to 520. The word "theodicy" (from the Greek theos, and dikê, justice) was coined by Leibnitz himself; it designates the metaphysics of the knowledge of God and his attributes solely through reason. Spine tarnished, covers worn, spines cracked, paper uniformly browned.