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169466882Father Malebranche's Treatise Concerning the Search after Truth MALEBRANCHE Father. TAYLOR T. translator. Father Malebranche's Treatise Concerning the Search after Truth. The Whole Work Compleat. To which is added the author's treatise of Nature and Grace. Being a consequence of the principles contain'd in the search. London: Printed by L. Lichfield for Thomas Bennet at the Half-Moon 1694. First edition in English. Folio 12 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches; 327 x 196 mm. xiv 172 10 203 1 42 pp. Eighteenth-century half brown calf over marbled boards gilt spine lettering. Front joint cracked but still strong. Some browning throughout especially to signature Ll. Overall a very good copy. Malebranche is now recognized as a major figure in the history of philosophy occupying a crucial place in the Rationalist tradition of Descartes Spinoza and Leibniz. The Search after Truth is his first longest and most important work. As a leading Cartesian Malebranche argued in The Search after Truth 1675 and the Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion 1688 that our ideas provide no direct certain knowledge of bodies but that instead we "see all things in god." This divinely ordained occasionalism provided for the apparent regularity of the natural world without appealing to any genuine causal interaction among things. Malebranche's explanation of the imperfection of a divinely-created universe in the Treatise on Nature and Grace 1680 and other theological writings influenced the theodicy of Leibniz. Wing M-317. HBS 66882. $2000 Printed by L. Lichfield, for Thomas Bennet at the Half-Moon hardcover books
169967002Scarce First English Edition MALEBRANCHE Father Nicolas. A Treatise of Morality. In Two Parts. Written in French by F. Malbranch author of The Search after Truth. And Translated into English by James Shipton M.A. London: Printed for James Knapton 1699. First English edition. Octavo 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 190 x 117 mm. 12 126 114 4 publisher's advertisements pp. Each part with separate pagination. With two final advertisement leaves. We could not find any other copies at auction in the past 50 years. Contemporary full calf. Boards ruled and stamped in blind. Spine with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Edges stained red. Some light and mostly marginal toning and dampstaining throughout. Head of the spine repaired. Corners a bit bumped.Leaf B8 is trimmed a half-inch along the fore-edge not affecting text. Previous owners old ink notes on front endpapers. Overall a very good copy. This is the first English translation of the TraitÈ de Morale. Malebranche is now recognized as a major figure in the history of philosophy occupying a crucial place in the Rationalist tradition of Descartes Spinoza and Leibniz. Wing 319 ESTC R10000 HBS 67002. $2000 Printed for James Knapton hardcover books
169435168Oxford: Pr. by L. Lichfield for Thomas Bennet 1694. Folio 34 cm 13.4". 16 172 i.e. 178: 8588 repeated in pagination 10 203 1 42 pp.; illus. <br><br>Rationalist philosophy in the tradition of Descartes and Spinoza here translated from the original French into English by Thomas Taylor of Magdalen College a prominent follower of the author's. In addition to Taylor's rendition of La Recherche de la vérité the volume also includes the "Answer to the Animadversions upon the First Volume: His Defense against the Accusations of Mr. De la Ville &c." which has a separate title-page as does the "Treatise Concerning Nature and Grace." Portions of the text are illustrated with in-text geometrical diagrams.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front pastedown with inked ownership inscriptions of Benjamin Hale dated 1847 and Daniel Evans; title-page with inked ownership inscription: "F. Chevalier May 1790"; presentation bookplate noting the gift of the book by the Rev. Evans to Andover Newton Theological Library where he was Abbot Professor of Christian Theology. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wing rev. ed. M317; ESTC R11766. Contemporary calf framed and panelled in blind with blind-tooled corner fleurons spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; rubbed and scuffed front cover detached spine with shelving number in white. Inscriptions and bookplate as above title-page verso and upper margin of one page with institutional rubber-stamp back free endpaper with slip; intermittent instances of pencilled and inked bracketing and a few of early inked underlining with several marginal annotations two substantial. Pages cockled and gently age-toned with varying degrees of foxing and with two leaves only significantly browned; some corners dog-eared. One leaf with lower outer portion torn away not touching text; occasional small edge chips. Pr. by L. Lichfield for Thomas Bennet hardcover books
