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1768D19610Tours 1768. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick 4to. Full contemporary sponge-decorated calf spine tooled in gilt with label; small loss to headcap. Written on laid paper in a clear consistent hand throughout. 831 pages plus index. Title page created with stamps or stencils and bearing an episcopal wax seal. Small drawing of a cat to endpaper opposite title. According to the colophon the text transcribed by Joseph-Henri Edmond Quirit de Coulaine "philosophicus alumnus" dictated under a "celeberrimo philosophiae professore" of Tours named Bourguin or perhaps Bourquin. A very handsome manuscript indeed in its original binding. <br/><br/> hardcover
177624939Dublin Re-printed for Robert Jackson 1776 hardcover. Eighth edition. OCLC 316718647 collation: 10 140 6 pages the latter are three leaves of publisher's catalog. -- Hardcover early rebinding with raised bands using original leather pieces over front and rear boards worn through at corners and bottom-edge done without pastedowns and archival repair to endpapers. Condition: fair restoration as noted; binding tight though front hinge cracked; pages are fairly clear with minimal discolorations. -- Original ownership of "Mary Morton Moyallon" of County Down Ireland which family were Irish Quakers. Also a later ownership dated 1929. -- This Dublin publication of the more common title is SCARCE. Re-printed for Robert Jackson hardcover
1719025475London: James Knapton 1719. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8" Tall. Title Page " A Discourse Concerning The Being And Attributes Of God The Obligations." Fifth Edition Corrected 1719 Title Page To First Part "A Demonstration Of The Being And Attributes Of God." Fifth Edition Corrected 1719 Xxvii 135 Title Page To Third Part "A Discourse Concerning The Unchangeable Obligations Of Natural Religion And The Truth And Certainty Of The Christian Revelation" Fifth Edition Corrected 1719 Xxii 344 Title Page To Fourth Part "Several Letters To The Reverend Dr. Clarke" Second Edition 1719 3-42 Two Page Catalog Of Clarke's Publications At End. Nicely Bound In Full Spotted Calf Red Morocco Spine Label Ornately Gilt Spine And Bands Elaborately Gilt Rules And Decorations On Boards Gilt Tooled Edges Hand Marbled Endpapers Edges Of Page Block Colored Red. Very Well Preserved Hinges Strong No Cracking To Joints Light Wear With No Chipping Or Losses Or Cracking. Bookplate Of John Ward And Signature Of Rodney Ward Dated 1723. A Pencil Note "Master Of Wigton's Hospital Leicester" May Refer To One Of The Two Mr. Wards. <br/> <br/> James Knapton hardcover
1778biblio24<p><em> First edition. J. Johnson & T. Cadell. 1778. Octavo. 6 xliv 1 428pp. Later half calf marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with leather labels and gilt and blind embellishment. New endpapers. Edges a little darkened to the introduction. Short closed tear to xvii small corner loss to xix. A crisp and bright copy. </em><em>Lengthy and handsomely hand-written note to ffep presented by the Revd. J. Cockin May 1839.</em></p><p><strong><em>Joseph Priestley 1733-1804</em></strong><em> British Enlightenment polymath. Scientist theologian philosopher he was the first to identify oxygen and other core gases. He invented soda water. In 1794 he emigrated to Pennsylvania where was befriended by Thomas Jefferson as 'one of the few lives precious to mankind'. His achievements have only recently begun to be acknowledged. His metaphysical works influenced Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill and Herbert Spencer. Priestley saw matter as the manifestation of spiritual force.</em></p><p><strong><em>Price Richard</em></strong><em> 1723–1791 FRS philosopher demographer and political radical. Richard Price was the son of Rhys Price a dissenting minister and Catherine Richards. Born at Tyn Ton Llangeinor Glamorgan Wales Richard studied under Vavasor Griffiths at Chancefield Talgarth.</em> <em>His writings in defence of the American patriots led to an invitation to advise congress conveyed to him by Benjamin Franklin Arthur Lee and John Adams. A friend of Thomas Paine Thomas Jefferson Adam Smith David Hume </em><em>A member of the intellectual societies the Bowood Group and Benjamin Franklin's 'Club of Honest Whigs'. In 1772 Price recruited Joseph Priestley to the Bowood Group. It was through her friendship with Price that then unpublished Mary Wollstonecraft met the radical publisher Joseph Johnson. Price helped her to visit Lisbon to see Fanny Blood. She published 'A Vindication on the rights of men' in response to Burke's attack on Price and her 'Vindication on the rights of woman' extended Price's arguments on equality for women.</em></p><p><strong>Rev. JOSEPH COCKIN 1755-1828.</strong> Author and non-conformist minister. "He was a fearless zealous able and devoted minister. He preached annually at some of the large chapels in London where his ministry was very acceptable and useful. He also preached before the London Missionary Society in 1798 and was largely occupied in public services in his own county."</p><p>Cockin published and wrote the introduction to John Locke's Letter concerning Toleration. Huddersfield. 1796.</p> J. Johnson & T. Cadell. hardcover
1745016628London Bridge: J. Hodges et al 1745. Fourth edition 1754. Small 12mo pp 4 xlvi 232 a little age-toning and a few blemishes the endpapers and the first and last few pages have some browning around the margins overall however the contents are sound and tight contenporary full calf a little worn rubbed at the corners the spine dull some cracking at the joints but all firm. Child c. 1630/31 - 1699 was an English merchant and politician. He was an economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company. He purchased Wanstead Manor in Essex in 1673 from the executors of Sir Robert Brooke and spent much money on laying out the grounds of the manor house Wanstead Hall. John Evelyn described him as "sordidly avaricious" !! Child's advocacy both by speech and by pen of the East India Company's claims to political power as well as to its right of restricting competition to its trade brought him to the notice of the shareholders. He was appointed a Director in 1677 rising to Deputy-Governor and finally became Governor of the East India Company in 1681. In this latter capacity he directed the Company's policy as if it were his own private business. He was a moderate in those days of the mercantile system and has sometimes been regarded as a sort of pioneer in the development of the free-trade doctrines of the 18th century. Though Child considered himself a proponent of the competitive market he simultaneously argued for a government-controlled interest rate and restricted trade among the colonies which would benefit England. Fourth edition. Full Leather. Good. J. Hodges (et al) Hardcover
1787biblio292<p><i>The third edition corrected and enlarged by an appendix containing additional notes and a dissertation on the Being and the attributes of the Deity. Printed for T Cadell. London. 1787. 8vo. vii 512pp 3pp publisher's adverts. Later full calf spine in 6 compartments with raised bands blind tooling leather label and gilt lettering. Signature to title page. The first work by <b>Price Richard</b></i><i> 1723 - 1791 FRS philosopher demographer and political radical. He studied under </i><i>Vavasor Griffiths at Chancefield Talgarth.</i> <i>His writings in defence of the American patriots led to an invitation to advise congress conveyed to him by Benjamin Franklin Arthur Lee and John Adams. A member of the intellectual societies the Bowood Group and Benjamin Franklin's 'Club of Honest Whigs'. The journal Enlightenment and Dissent remains a focus for the study of Price's thought. This is his first work: the third edition being greatly enlarged.</i></p><p><i>Provenance: Signature of William Torrence slightly cropped to upper margin of title page. Probably the <b>William Torrence</b> the thirteenth member of the Speculative Society in 1764 ordained July 1788 and afterwards Minister of the Parish of Glencross Edinburghshire. Robert Louis Stevenson in a letter to Frances Sitwell dated 4 July 1875 "The small kirkyard is full of old gravestones…in church old Mr Torrence preached over eighty and a relic of times forgotten". William Torrence and the church appear in R.L.S. last unfinished book The Weir of Hermiston. ESTC T44902</i></p><p><br /></p> Printed for T Cadell hardcover
179854628T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies London 1798. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition ex-library. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xvi 470 / vi 511pp. 2-volume set complete. Binding firm. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Library rebind with new boards and end papers fitted along with minimal library stamps Woodbrooke Quaker Library. Handwritten titles to spine. Covers slightly marked. Corners bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Philosophy; England; 17th & 18th century; Religion & Theology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54628. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies hardcover
1784008015Paris: The Author 1784. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. RARE WorldCat shows only eight institutional holdings. Portrait of René Descartes engraved on copper frontispiece Vol. I. Very Good quarter calf over paper covered boards expertly rebacked early 19th c. with gilt lettering and rules decorative end papers. Boards bumped and rubbed at edges. Vol. II with six fold-out plates engraved on copper at the end of the volume representing geometric figures diagrams of astronomy a terrestrial globe instruments of physics and the 12 astrological signs. Introduction and author's notes in French text in Latin and in French. Internally quite clean and lovely with no toning. . The Author Hardcover
1796008950New York: Printed for T. & J. Swords 1796. Book. Very Good Minus. Full Calf. Early American Imprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 178 pages booksellers' advertisement p. 179 half-title. Small contemporary bookplate of David Goodwin with his name in ink at title page. additional prior owner name in pencil front end page. Bound in contemporary calf red label with gilt lettering back Very Good Minus joints starting to open at top edges final blank end page with 1" x 3" chip bottom corner light to moderate toning throughout. Uncommon in contemporary binding. Evans 31569. Printed for T. & J. Swords Hardcover
1748000028Glasgow: Robert Foulis 1748. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo in 4s. pp. 8 362. Copper engraved vignette medallion portrait on title page as well as on p. 72 Ii verso and on p. 304 Pp verso. Bound in 19th century straight grain green morocco. The gilt crest and initials of Rev. Theodore Williams are stamped in gilt on the front cover. His coat of arms is also stamped in gilt on the rear cover. All edges are gilt. A penciled note on the inside end-leaf attributes the binding to J. Clark. Armorial bookplate of William Proby K.P. 5th Earl of Carysfort 1836-1909 by artist Charles W. Sherborn on inside front cover " Earl of Carysfort Elton Hall 1894." Color along hinges neatly touched up; some discoloration on the boards near the spine. Interior is generally clean with minor spots of foxing; some extremely faint damp staining is present on lower inner margins. Printed on good quality paper. James Geddes 1710-1749 Scottish lawyer / advocate who also spent much time studying the poets and philosophers of antiquity. He died young from consumption a year after the publication of his book. Geddess "Essay" is mainly a discussion of Platos literary style symbolism and mysticism. Mention is also given to Xenophon Herodotus Thucydides and Demosthenes. See Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. Gaskell 109; ESTC T131056; Lowndes p. 871 "A learned and entertaining essay displaying some learning and ingenuity." <br/> <br/> Robert Foulis hardcover
1726L0057London: J Senex; W & J Innys; J Osborn; T Longman. Worn condition. Cover rubbed with loss to spine. Content in very good condition. 1726. Second Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". xii 306pp. To which are Added The Demonstations of Monsieur Huygens's Theorems concerning the Centrifugal Force and Circular Motion. by John Keil M.D. Savilian Professor of Astronomy. F.R.S. Translated from the last Edition of the Latin. . J Senex; W & J Innys; J Osborn; T Longman hardcover
1710004447Amsterdam: Henri Schelte 1710. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 456pp. Full vellum marbled endpapers hand-lettered spine title page in red and black. Very light wear spine slightly darkened faded ink blot on title page all text visible contents otherwise clean and binding is tight. <br/> <br/> Henri Schelte hardcover
176349376Aux Delices 1763. Reprint. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Size: 18mo 5 1/2 - 6 1/2". 181 98pp. Text is in French. Front hinge cracked. Front joint split. Front board remains only loosely affixed at top band. Spine worn. Titlepiece absent. Scattered foxing. Previous owner's address in pencil and ink signature to title. Front end paper loose but present. Covers slightly worn. Corners bumped. First published 1759. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; French Language; Philosophy. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49376. . Aux Delices hardcover
1737008315London: Printed by James Purser 1737. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Three volumes in sumptuous contemporary binding of dark brown calf with broad intiricate gilt dentelle bordered covers with large diamond centerpieces enhanced by delicate floral tools the backs with six raised bands with five of the compartments with floral gilt tooling marbled end papers with narrow gilt dentelle all edges gilt. Vol. I with tipped note card "to Robt. Smart donor the Rev. W. Chafin. Mr. Rolling & Miss Floyd present their compliments to Mr Smart & by his acceptance of Lord Shaftesburys Works Mr. Chafin & Miss Floyd consign to Mr. Smart". Each title page with inked inscription "Robt.Smart Donor Rev W. Chafin 1802". Vol. I with engraved frontis portrait and two title pages with vignettes and headpiece Vols. II and III with title page vignette and headpiece all by Gribelin. Very Good gilt at spines dulled joints showing wear but holding nicely small edge tears to end pages of Vol. I light wear at corners and spine ends. Internally clean and bright free of any toning or foxing. A lovely set in 18th century fine presentation binding. Printed by James Purser Hardcover
1790027102Basil Basel: J J Tourneisen / J L Legrand 1790. Reprint . Speckled Calf / Boards. Very Good . 8 1/2" Tall. Viii 414; Vi 367; Viii 340 Long Index To All Volumes At End. Published 1790. Four Volumes 21.3 X 13.7 Cm. Original Or Very Early Spotted Calf 6 Spine Compartments With Two Morocco Labels On Each Volume Gilt Decorations And Borders On Spine Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards Spotted Calf Tips Light Blue Endpapers. Lightly Used Single 1/8" Deep X 3/16" Long Chip At Top Of Spines Of Vols 2 And 3 Hinges Solid. Bookplates Of Lady Frances Compton; She Is Noted By Jane Austen's Father As A Visitor To Their Household In The Early 1790'S Which Makes For An Interesting Association As There Is Speculation That Jane Austen Used Shaftesbury As A Source For Her Ideas Of Morality. Although There Is No Evidence That Austen Had Access To This Copy Of Shaftesbury It Is Possible That She Discussed The Ideas With Lady Compton Or Even That This Particular Set Was Read By Jane Austen. <br/> <br/> J J Tourneisen / J L Legrand hardcover
1750DK5363Lipsiae: Ex Officina Langenhemia 1750. HB. Brown paper covered boards 12 mo xvi 488 8 pp. all edges of text block stained blue. Crusius 1715-1775 was a German philosopher and theologian educated and later professor at the University of Leipzig whose works were very influential on the formation of Immanuel Kant's philosophical work. His theological works were influential in the Pietist movement and had an impact on later works by the evangelical theologian Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg 1802-1869. This copy with a bookplate on the front pastedown stating that it was acquired from the library of E. W. Hengstenberg as part of his estate and donated to a Baptist seminary in 1875. No indications of ever having been a library copy. No marks in book binding tight. Cover show minor edge wear lower corners bumped faint number hand-written top of spine. Book condition VG. Text in Latin. Ex Officina Langenhemia hardcover
177226803Venice: Typographia Balleoniana. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1772. Eighth Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in brown leather over marbled boards spines in five compartments separated by gilt borders gilt lettering in two compartments. In Latin. Volume One contains inter alia his "De Natura et Attributis Divinis." Volume Three contains inter alia "De Beatitudine et Actibus Humanis." Jean-Baptiste Gonet born about 1616 at Béziers in the province of Languedoc died 24 January 1681 at Béziers was a French Dominican theologian. His principal work is the "Clypeus theologiae thomisticae contra novos ejus impugnatores" 16 vols Bordeaux 165969. From 1669 to 1681 no less than nine editions of this work appeared the latest is that of Paris 1875. Shortly before his death he published his "Manuale thomistarum" which is an abridgment of his larger work. As a theologian and academic disputant Gonet ranks among the most prominent figures of his time. An ardent defender and exponent of the teaching of Thomas Aquinas and an illustrious representative of Neo-Thomism he set forth the traditional teaching of his school with clearness and skill with some bitterness against the representatives of different views. Thomistic Philosophy is inspired by the philosophical methods and principles used by Thomas Aquinas 1224/5-1274 a Dominican Friar and Theologian in his explanation of the Catholic faith. Aquinas who is most renowned for his "Five Ways of Proving the Existence of God" believed that both faith and reason discover truth a conflict between them being impossible since they both originate in God. Believing that reason can in principle lead the mind to God Aquinas defended reason's legitimacy especially in the works of Aristotle. The philosophy of Aquinas continues to offer insights into many lingering problems in Metaphysics the Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Religion and Ethics. . The spines and covers are moderately rubbed the corners bumped and worn but the text blocks are tight and square the hinges are strong the pages supple. Large heavy books - additional shipping may apply. VERY GOOD. Folio 13" - 23" tall . Typographia Balleoniana hardcover
178221031Patavii: Joannem Manfre. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1782. Reprint. 1. Vellum. Contemporary full vellum. Jacopo Facciolati 16821769 was an Italian lexicographer and philologist. He was born at Torreglia in what is now the province of Padua then in the Republic of Venice in 1682. As professor of logic and regent of the schools Facciolati became the leading academic of Padua university during a period of forty-five years. He published improved editions of several philological works such as the Thesaurus Ciceronianus of Nizolius and in 1719 he brought out a revised edition of the Lexicon Septem Linguarum a Latin dictionary in seven languages called the Calepinus from the name of its author the monk Ambrogio Calepino. . Boards lightly soiled and moderately bowed unmarked tight and clean. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 244 pp . Joannem Manfre hardcover
1767t1399Paris: Prault; Durand. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with edge-wear. 1767. Cinquiéme Éition. Brown hardback leather cover. 170mm x 100mm 7" x 4". iv 484pp vi. Engraved frontispiece. . Prault; Durand hardcover
1768007697Paris: Chez Bleuet 1768. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Contemporary full marbled calf backs ornately gilt brown leather labels marbled end pages all edges marbled. Engraved title page by Gravelot engraved by Binet. Text in both Latin and French. Very Good leather chipped front cover Vol. I along spine small rubs to leather Vol. II. Contemporary prior owner names to end pages. The text quite clean and with NO foxing or toning. A handsome set and an uncommon edition. Chez Bleuet Hardcover
176217768AB1762. Four parts in one volume. Amsterdam Harrevelt 1762. 17 : 10 cm. XI 384 pages. Contemporary half calf back label. "ROBINET'S MOST IMPORTANT WORK. In certain of his statements Robinet appears to be heralding the theory of transformism and the idea that all living beings are constructed according to a single basic plan. Robinet's work illustrates several important elements in the scientific thinking of the second half of the eighteenth century : the unity of nature the chain of beings universal dynamism and sensibility and vitalism. It also illustrates the role of Leibnitz in the development of enlightenment ideas on living nature. Robinet's writings cast an interesting light on the genesis of the theory of transformism". DSB XI pp. 492/493. - The book was put on the index in 1762 this edition because of its materialistique views of the soul of god. - This edition complete in one volume. - Partly browned; upper part of spine restored. unknown
1749007717Glasguae Glasgow: In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis 1749. Book. Very Good Plus. Full Calf. Later Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. xi 1 209 3 pp. with a final leaf of advertisements. Bound in contemporary full calf five raised bands bordered in gilt rules leather label tooled edges. Very Good Plus end pages toned at edges covers lightly rubbed text quite clean and fresh. A quite handsome and well-bound copy of this uncommon edition of Lucretius's classic work. In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, Hardcover
1760002242W. Sandby London 1760. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text contains minor marks in pencil. Full leather raised bands and black gilt stamped spine label marbled end papers all edges red xiii 320 pp. decorations at beginning and end of each Dialogue. Spine is dry and hinges tender wear at corners and spine ends back board leather separating at top previous owner's name on title page scattered very light foxing a few crosses in pencil in blank margins. Binding sound. Gilt leather bookplate of Edward Hailstone Yorkshire solicitor churchwarden and book collector on front end paper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 12 oz. Category: Philosophy; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 002242. . W. Sandby hardcover
1777066456Dublin Ireland: Printed for W. Sleater E. Smith and W. Hallhead 1777. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full original brown calf lettered in gilt on dark red spine title label decorated cover edges. 2242 pp. Rubbed along edges and joints leather with areas of scuffing minor surface loss at corner. Front board loose but still held by binding cords. Title page signed by Rev. Samuel Magaw 1794 vice-provost of U Penn in the 1780s along top edge by John Redman Coxe M.D. professor of chemistry and medicine at U Penn 1809-35 along hinge; private ex-libris label J. P. Hiester Jones 1870 mounted inside front cover. Scattered internal foxing/soiling generally light with a few inked notations and some marginal brackets in pencil. Printed for W. Sleater, E. Smith, and W. Hallhead Hardcover
1794025301London: J. Johnson 1794. First Edition . Calf / Boards. Very Good. 8 3/4" Tall. Xvi 420 8 Pp Catalog At End With "Errata" Pasted Onto Top Of Catalog. Original Quarter Calf Red Morocco Spine Label Wear At Edges With Fraying At Corners And Edges Joints Cracked Professionally Repaired; Binding Intact With Secure Hinges. Apparently Has Original Hinges No Half-Title. No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. First Printing Prior To Three-Volume Collected Discourses Published 1794 - 1799 No Indication On Title Page Of Volume Number Or Where Speeches Given. <br/> <br/> J. Johnson hardcover