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177940925London: Printed for Alexander Donaldson No. 48. St. Paul's Church-Yard London 1779. 8vo. 8 1/4 x 5 inches. First edition. Volume I: a-b4 A-Uu4 Xx2. i-xiv 2 1-347 1. 364 pp. Title Preface Contents Chapters I-VI The First Set of the Fundamental Constitutions of South Carolina as Compiled by Mr. John Locke. Volume II: a4 b1 A-Ss4 x1. i-ix 1 1-329 1. 340 pp. Last page misnumbered 309. Title Contents Chapters VII-XI With inscriptions of "Henry A. Jones" on both volumes unclear if it is the playwright of the same name. Bound to style in 18th-century calf spines with raised bands forming compartments gilt lettered red morocco lettering pieces in second compartments. Restoration to the the last text leaf in volume one<br/> <br/> First edition of the fundamental historical account of South Carolina and Georgia which Howes calls "the earliest history of this region" and Winsor states is the "earliest account of South Carolina cast in a sustained retrospective spirit." Streeter<br/> <br/> Hewatt or Hewat was a Scottish-born Presbyterian minister educated at Edinburgh who presided over the Scots First Presbyterian Church in Charleston when it was Charlestown South Carolina from 1763 to 1777. When the British fleet arrived at Charlestown in 1776 Hewatt and other ministers were forced by Patriots to renounce their loyalty to the king. When he refused Hewatt was given sixty days to leave the colony. His property was seized and he returned to the British Isles and wrote this historical account in London. Considered by Howe to be the earliest and best account of Colonial South Carolina and Georgia the book is bolstered by as Streeter states Hewatt being a "keen collector of historical documents." However his work remains important today because it is also based on his personal observations as a first-hand source from over a decade of lived experience in the region. Hewatt discusses the immigration of British French and other European migrants to the Carolinas due to religious persecution at home. He examines the lives they then created in the New World and the economies they built while doing so. But Hewatt also pays especial detail to the customs and cultures of those people these settlers displaced: the indigenous Native Americans of the region. "Hewatt gives a sympathetic and balanced account of Indian life and customs. He describes the climate soil natural resources fauna snakes and insects; how to make turpentine tar and pitch; and how to cultivate silk cotton and especially rice." De Renne An opponent of slavery as many Presbyterians were he chronicles the introduction of enslaved people from Africa and the ensuing social and economic problems it caused. He criticizes slavery in the colonies and the treatment of enslaved people while maintaining that they should be given instruction in morals and religion. He also warns that to mistreat enslaved people was to "fire them with desires of liberty and vengeance." Also covered in Volume I is the Yamasee War and in Volume II the War with the Cherokee. In 1780 after the publication of this work Hewatt was awarded the Doctor of Divinity from the University of Edinburgh an indication of the success of the present book. "Hewatt's account reflects the influence of William Robertson and the Scottish school of historiography. Less concerned with a chronology of events Hewatt instead focused on the interrelatedness of those events and their various causes and effects. His goal in doing so was to provide moral political and practical instruction to the colonists and to those in England." ANB His work especially his comments on Native Americans and enslaved people were used as the basis for David Ramsay's history though it went uncredited. The first volume includes the "first set of the fundamental constitutions of South Carolina" which have been attributed to the English political philosopher John Locke because he at the time was working as a paid secretary for one of the Province of Carolina's proprietors Anthony Ashley Cooper. The historian David Armitage and the political scientist Vicki Hsueh argue he was a co-author along with Cooper the 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. The constitutions reflect Locke's classical liberalism safeguarding religious freedom while also setting up a reactionary neo-feudal form of government.<br/> <br/> Clark I 255. De Renne 217. Howes H452 b. Sabin 31630. Servies 522. Streeter Sale 1133. Turnbull I 223. Printed for Alexander Donaldson, No. 48. St. Paul's Church-Yard, London unknown
1707EXP2-E-7London: J H Awnsham and John Churchill 1707. First edition. Leather. Fair. 9.5" by 7.5". None. A scarce collection of works by John Locke. The first collected edition compiled of various editions of earlier shorter works. Each work with a separate title page and pagination. Collated: Complete. With publisher's advertisements bound out of order to BL copy. Contains: An Essay for the Understanding of St Paul's Epistles by Consulting St. Paul himself 1707 First Edition A Paraphrase and Notes on the Episdtle of St. Paul to the Galatians 1706 Second Edition A Paraphrase and Notes on the First Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians 1706 First Edition A Paraphrase and Notes on the Second Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians 1706 First Edition A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistle of St Paul to the Romans 1707 First Edition A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistle of St Paul to the Ephesians 1707 First Edition John Locke was an influential English philosopher and physician of the Enlightenment. His work greatly influenced the development of political philosophy and the works of figures such as Voltaire and Rousseau. His religious beliefs varied over his lifetime and were rarely displayed in his writings. These works published posthumously provide important insight into his theology and the final years of his life. In a calf binding. Externally worn both boards detached but present. Loss to head at tail of spine and to leather at extremities. Light rubbing and worming to boards. Lacking front free-endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound although binding strained to Romans about half way through the volume. Title page and front blank detached but present. Title page with slight loss not affecting text. Pages bright with handling marks and dusting throughout occasional spotting. Marginal age toning and offsetting to first and last few pages. Pink ink annotations roman numerals indicating chapter numbers throughout. Light marginal worming to final work Ephesians not affecting text. Closed tear to page 29 of Ephesians. Overall: FAIR binding GOOD internally Fair J H Awnsham and John Churchill hardcover
1722149219London: Printed for A. Churchill and A. Manship 1722. Rare second edition of the collected works of John Locke “the most worthy… of the indisputably great philosophers.†Folio three volumes bound in full speckled brown calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine with morocco spine labels in seven compartments within raised gilt bands gilt turn-ins all edges stained red. Frontispiece of John Locke to volume one. In very good condition bookplate to the front pastedown and ownership signature to the front free endpaper of volume one. An exceptional example. John Locke is regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and the Father of Classical Liberalism. "Locke was the first to take up the challenge of Bacon and to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe" PMM 164. This is the first edition of the first collected edition of his work and the earliest to put his name to "Two Treatises on Government" as well as the letters on "Toleration"and "The Reasonableness of Christianity". Contents include: Volume 1: An Essay concerning Human Understanding. In Four Books; A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester concerning some Passages relating to Mr. Locke's Essay of Human Understanding in a late Discourse of his Lordship's in Vindication of the Trinity; Mr. Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Bishop of Worcester's Answer to the Letter; Mr. Locke's Reply to the Bishop of Worcester's Answer to his Second Letter. Volume 2: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the lowering of Interest and raising the Value of Money. In a Letter send to a Member of Parliament. 1691; Short Observations on a printed Paper entitled For encouraging the coining SilverMoney in England and after for keeping it here; Further Observations concerning raising the Value of Money. Wherein Mr. Lowndes's Arguments for it in his late Report concerning An Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coin are particularly examind'd; Two Treatises of Government. In the Former the false Principles and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer and his Followers are detected and overthrown. The Latter is an Essay concerning the true Original Extent and End of Civil Government; A Letter concerning Toleration; A Second Letter concerning Toleration; A Third Letter for Toleration: To the Author of the Third Letter concerning Toleration; The Reasonableness of Christianity as deliver'd in the Scriptures; A Vindication of The Reasonableness of Christianity From Mr. Edwards's Reflections; A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity. Volume 3: Some Thoughts concerning Education; A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Galatians I and II. Corinthians Romans and Ephesians. To which is prefix'd An Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles by consulting St. Paul himself; Posthumous Works viz. I. Of the Conduct of the Understanding. II. An Examination of P. Malebranche's Opinion of Seeing all things in God. III. A Discourse of Miracles. IV. Par of a Fourth Letter for Toleration. V. Memoirs relating to the Life of Anthony first Earl of Shaftesbury. VI. A new Method of the Common-Place-Book written originally in French and translated into English; Some familiar Letters between Mr. Locke and Several of his Friends.The work was published ten years after his death and is the first time his works were published as a collection. Printed for A. Churchill and A. Manship unknown
1751111216London: S. Birt D. Brown T. Longman 1751. 1751 edition of the collected works of John Locke "the most worthy. of the indisputably great philosophers." Folio three volumes bound in full contemporary brown calf raised bands gilt titles and tooling to the spine morocco spine labels copper-engraved frontispiece portrait by George Vertue to volume one. In very good condition text clean with large margins. John Locke is regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and the Father of Classical Liberalism. "Locke was the first to take up the challenge of Bacon and to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe" PMM 164. This is the first edition of the first collected edition of his work and the earliest to put his name to "Two Treatises on Government" as well as the letters on "Toleration"and "The Reasonableness of Christianity". Contents include: Volume 1: An Essay concerning Human Understanding. In Four Books; A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester concerning some Passages relating to Mr. Locke's Essay of Human Understanding in a late Discourse of his Lordship's in Vindication of the Trinity; Mr. Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Bishop of Worcester's Answer to the Letter; Mr. Locke's Reply to the Bishop of Worcester's Answer to his Second Letter. Volume 2: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the lowering of Interest and raising the Value of Money. In a Letter send to a Member of Parliament. 1691; Short Observations on a printed Paper entitled For encouraging the coining SilverMoney in England and after for keeping it here; Further Observations concerning raising the Value of Money. Wherein Mr. Lowndes's Arguments for it in his late Report concerning An Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coin are particularly examind'd; Two Treatises of Government. In the Former the false Principles and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer and his Followers are detected and overthrown. The Latter is an Essay concerning the true Original Extent and End of Civil Government; A Letter concerning Toleration; A Second Letter concerning Toleration; A Third Letter for Toleration: To the Author of the Third Letter concerning Toleration; The Reasonableness of Christianity as deliver'd in the Scriptures; A Vindication of The Reasonableness of Christianity From Mr. Edwards's Reflections; A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity. Volume 3: Some Thoughts concerning Education; A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Galatians I and II. Corinthians Romans and Ephesians. To which is prefix'd An Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles by consulting St. Paul himself; Posthumous Works viz. I. Of the Conduct of the Understanding. II. An Examination of P. Malebranche's Opinion of Seeing all things in God. III. A Discourse of Miracles. IV. Par of a Fourth Letter for Toleration. V. Memoirs relating to the Life of Anthony first Earl of Shaftesbury. VI. A new Method of the Common-Place-Book written originally in French and translated into English; Some familiar Letters between Mr. Locke and Several of his Friends.The work was published ten years after his death and is the first time his works were published as a collection. S. Birt, D. Brown, T. Longman hardcover books
1707007735London: Printed by J.H. for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row 1707. This volume is compose of five parts each with its own title page and pagination the whole is proceeded by two volume title pages both dated 1707 and a preface. i-ii iii-xviv Galatians 1706 second edition title page2 publisher's message to the reader and publisher's adverts2pages 43 pages. I Corinthians 1706 advertisment2 title page1-2107 pages 208blank. II Corinthians 1706 : title page123-58 2adverts. Romans 1707 : title page1-23-142 pages. 2adverts. Ephesians 1707 : title page1-23-60 pages. 8 X 9.7 inches. Bound in contemporary full calf with tooled ruled borders and decorations title label to spine with only fragments remaining. externally very rubbed with wear to corners spine ends and edges cracking along outer and inner hinges both boards attached. Inside all complete as described here Initial "P" in ink on corner of front free endpaper and a name and date 1734 at the top of the title page. Browning and offsetting to endpapers Some browning and foxing to the pages of the preface and a water stain on the margin of several pages of the preface. Therafter all quite clean throughout with no further foxing or marking. No annotations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Printed by J.H. for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row Hardcover
176567041First Collected Edition of LockeÃs " Letters Concerning Toleration" LOCKE John. Letters Concerning Toleration. London: Printed for A. Millar. 1765. First collected edition of LockeÃs four letters on toleration. Quarto 11 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 289 x 222 mm. 8 399 1 blank pp. Includes the Latin ìEpistola de tolerantiaî pp. 1-28 ìA Letter Concerning Tolerationî pp. 29-66 ìA Second Letter Concerning Tolerationî pp. 67-116 ìA Third Letter for Tolerationî pp. 117-379 and ìA Fourth Letter for Tolerationî pp. 381-399. Edited by Thomas Hollis and Richard Baron. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Locke by F.B. Cipriani after Kneller with a Cap of Liberty beneath the portrait. Another Cap of Liberty at foot of last page of text. Bound to style in full modern calf for front board matching rear board and spine. With the contemporary rear board still present. Boards ruled in gilt. Spine ruled in gilt. With original black morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges dyed yellow. Previous owner's old ink signature on title-page dated 1789. A few light pencil marking throughout. Frontispiece portrait a bit foxed. A few neat tiny holes to title-page and final leaf not affecting text. Small previous owner Peter Laslett Trinity College Cambridge plate on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy. ìLockeÃs concern for the toleration of religious dissent for the interaction of individual conscience and public authority was long-standing. In his early tracts on the civil magistrate.he had felt that the need for order in society justified the authority of the magistrate over matters indifferent to salvation. Under the influence of Shaftesbury and of his own investigations of the scope of certain knowledge his emphasis changed. Without certainty in matters of religion the conscience must be allowed liberty; the authority of the magistrate must be confined to preserving the existence of society and the safety and property of the citizen. LockeÃs thoughts on this subject as on so many others matured during his stay in Holland where his circle of friends consisted primarily of dissenters from the established church such as the Remonstrant pastor and theologian Philippus van Limborch. In 1686 Locke drafted a letter in Latin to his friend which was published probably by Limborch in 1689î Attig p. 12. The Epistola de tolerantia was almost immediately translated into English and published in London. It was ìimmediately attacked in two anonymous pamphlets the most significant of which was ProastÃs Argument March 1690. LockeÃs own response was equally swift and his Second letter appeared in June. Proast replied to LockeÃs Second letter with his Third letter concerning toleration 1691. Locke in response published A third letter for toleration the following year. Proast did not return to the attack until 1704 when he published his Second letter to the author of the three letters for toleration. Locke was defended by an anonymous author probably John Shute Barrington in the postscript to The rights of the Protestant dissenters. At the time of his death that same year Locke had begun his own reply. The draft was published by his executors Peter King and Anthony Collins in 1706î Attig pp. 18-19. Attig 93. Rothschild 2733. Yolton 28. HBS 67041. $6000 Printed for A. Millar... hardcover books
1799068560London: Printed for Alexander Donaldson 1799. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. respectively. FIRST EDITION 1779. TWO VOLUME COMPLETE SET. The First History of South Carolina. Howes H452. Printed for Alexander Donaldson London 1779. Matching hardcover set. Rebound in black cloth covers are plain. Spines bear orange leather labels stamped in gilt along with the volume numbers. Top edges gilt. Endpapers are gray. Leaves are printed on laid paper. Includes "The first set of the fundamental constitutions of South Carolina / as compiled by Mr. John Locke"/ pages 321-347. Vol. I: xiv 347 pp; Vol II: ix 309 pp. On a shelf this set spans 2.5 inches. <br><br>ABOUT THIS SET: The "earliest history of the region" Howes H452. "Justin Winsor calls this work the 'earliest account of South Carolina cast in a sustained retrospective spirit'. Hewatt an Englishman who at one time lived at Charleston was a keen collector of historical documents". Streeter II 1133. "In Volume I Hewatt gives a sympathetic and balanced account of Indian life and customs based in part on his own observations. He describes the climate soil natural resources fauna snakes and insects; how to make turpentine tar and pitch; and how to cultivate silk cotton and especially rice. In Volume II he describes and criticizes slavery in the colonies and the treatment of slaves; he maintains that slaves should be given some instruction in morals and religion. He discusses diseases in Carolina and describes the cultivation of indigo in some detail. His factual account of the 'present state and condition of the colony' probably refers to the latter 1760s or early 1770s; he quotes some statistics of 1776." Clark I 225. De Renne 217. Turnbull I 223. <br><br>ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alexander Hewatt came to Charleston in 1763 as minister of the Scots First Presbyterian Church there. Fascinated with the history of South Carolina he soon became a keen collector of historical documents. When the British fleet arrived at Charleston in 1776 Hewatt and other ministers were required to renounce their loyalty to the king. When he refused Hewatt was given sixty days to leave the colony. He sailed for Great Britain where he devoted the next two years to completing his history. In 1780 he was awarded the Doctor of Divinity form the University of Edinburgh an indication of the esteem in which he and his work were held. "Hewatt's account reflects the influence of William Robertson and the Scottish school of historiography. less concerned with a strict chronology of events Hewatt instead focused on the interrelatedness of those events and their various causes and effects. His goal in doing so was to provide moral political and practical instruction to the colonists and to those in England" both of whom he hoped would see the importance of continuing South Carolina's close ties to the Crown" ANB. The work includes detailed descriptions of the climate topography and fauna of South Carolina as well as discussions of slavery there. He warned that the mistreatment of slaves was likely to "fire them with desires of liberty and vengeance." Chapter 5 in the first volume includes a full account of the Yamasee War while chapter 10 is devoted to the war with the Cherokee. <br><br>CONDITION: This set is overall VG with general shelf wear. Removal of bookplate on the front pastedown on both volumes and clipped rectangular front endpaper removed in both volumes. Leaves are in remarkable condition with extremely minimal foxing. Completely free from marginalia or annotation. Bindings are tight. An incredible set. <br><br>Additional photographs available upon request. This set will be delivered with "adult signature required". Full refund if not satisfied. Printed for Alexander Donaldson hardcover
17287141London: A. Bettesworth; J. Pemberton; E. Symon 1728. Fifth Edition. Fifth Edition - as stated on the title page. Rare 1700s imprint of Locke's landmark work on government. Originally published in 1689. Measuring approximately 8" x 5" with 308 numbered pages.<br /> <br /> The book is in good condition. Moderate to heavy wear and staining to the original full leather boards. Spine leather has partially perished. Hinges are cracked but the binding is holding strong. Small half-inch chip missing from the bottom of the front endpaper. Top corner of title page has been clipped. Minor scattered soiling and some dog-eared corners found within the textblock<br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory # P7-2. A. Bettesworth; J. Pemberton; E. Symon unknown
1714Bv1205<p>FIRST EDITION of Locke's collected works including his canonical Essay Concerning Human Understanding. This First printing further includes works by Locke acknowledged only in his will and the earliest to put his name to: Two Treatises on Government as well as the letters on Toleration and The Reasonableness of Christianity.</p><p>"Locke was the first to take up the challenge of Bacon and to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe" PMM 164. A landmark in Enlightenment thought encapsulated in "the first modern attempt" to analyze human knowledge PMM 193 194 Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding: "To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world and the seed-plot of all other virtues."</p><p>The influence Locke exerted upon Jefferson and other Founding Fathers cannot be overestimated. Indeed some of Jefferson's contemporaries claimed that he borrowed central ideas in the Declaration of Independence directly from the writings of John Locke. Doubtless the political philosophy Locke bequeathed to America's Founding Fathers gave rise to the spread of freedom across the civilized world and the birth of the freest country in history the United States of America.</p><p>London: for John Churchill and Sam. Manshhip 1714. Folio contemporary full calf rebacked in period style by Bernard Middleton. Complete with and exquisite copper-engraved frontispiece portrait by George Vertue in Volume I and full-page memorial plate engraved plate of Locke's funeral monument. General light wear to bindings; text extremely clean with large margins. A very handsome set. Book #Bv1205. $10000.</p><p>We specialize in rare Ayn Rand and other legends and landmarks.</p> John Churchill and Sam Manship hardcover
17149032182London: John Churchill/Sam. Manship 1714. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of the Collected Works. "Printed for John Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row and Sam. Manship at the Ship in Cornhil." Beautifully rebacked to style with original calf covers spines stamped in gilt. Engraved frontispieces in volumes I and II. Text blocks are near fine clean and bright with sharp edges. Calf covers are rich and glossy. Some wear to extremities through cloth at some points of outer edges on all volumes. 7 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches. Images available upon request. <br/><br/> John Churchill/Sam. Manship hardcover
1714122652London: John Churchill and Sam. Manship 1714. Rare first edition of the collected works of John Locke "the most worthy. of the indisputably great philosophers." Folio three volumes bound in full contemporary brown calf gilt titles and tooling to the spine morocco spine labels raised bands rebacked. Frontispiece of John Locke to volume one. In very good condition. John Locke is regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and the Father of Classical Liberalism. "Locke was the first to take up the challenge of Bacon and to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe" PMM 164. This is the first edition of the first collected edition of his work and the earliest to put his name to "Two Treatises on Government" as well as the letters on "Toleration"and "The Reasonableness of Christianity". Contents include: Volume 1: An Essay concerning Human Understanding. In Four Books; A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester concerning some Passages relating to Mr. Locke's Essay of Human Understanding in a late Discourse of his Lordship's in Vindication of the Trinity; Mr. Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Bishop of Worcester's Answer to the Letter; Mr. Locke's Reply to the Bishop of Worcester's Answer to his Second Letter. Volume 2: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the lowering of Interest and raising the Value of Money. In a Letter send to a Member of Parliament. 1691; Short Observations on a printed Paper entitled For encouraging the coining SilverMoney in England and after for keeping it here; Further Observations concerning raising the Value of Money. Wherein Mr. Lowndes's Arguments for it in his late Report concerning An Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coin are particularly examind'd; Two Treatises of Government. In the Former the false Principles and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer and his Followers are detected and overthrown. The Latter is an Essay concerning the true Original Extent and End of Civil Government; A Letter concerning Toleration; A Second Letter concerning Toleration; A Third Letter for Toleration: To the Author of the Third Letter concerning Toleration; The Reasonableness of Christianity as deliver'd in the Scriptures; A Vindication of The Reasonableness of Christianity From Mr. Edwards's Reflections; A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity. Volume 3: Some Thoughts concerning Education; A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Galatians I and II. Corinthians Romans and Ephesians. To which is prefix'd An Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles by consulting St. Paul himself; Posthumous Works viz. I. Of the Conduct of the Understanding. II. An Examination of P. Malebranche's Opinion of Seeing all things in God. III. A Discourse of Miracles. IV. Par of a Fourth Letter for Toleration. V. Memoirs relating to the Life of Anthony first Earl of Shaftesbury. VI. A new Method of the Common-Place-Book written originally in French and translated into English; Some familiar Letters between Mr. Locke and Several of his Friends.The work was published ten years after his death and is the first time his works were published as a collection. John Churchill and Sam. Manship hardcover books
