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ZIMMERMAN (Johann Georg): Solitude considered, With Respect to its Influence upon The Mind and the Heart. Written Originally in German By M. Zimmerman..., Translated from the French of J. B. Mercier. The Eighth Edition. [AND]: Solitude considered with Respect to its Dangerous Influence upon The Mind and Heart. Selected and Translated from the Original German of M. Zimmerman. Being a Sequel to the Former English Translation.
London: Printed for C. Dilly..., 1798, 1799. FIRST EDITION of volume 2. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. x, 420, viii [Index], engraved frontispiece (dated Feb. 23, 1792) by Baker after Singleton; [iv], iv, viii, 316, contemporary tree calf, gilt rules across spine, black leather labels; spines a little dried, but a very good set. Zimmerman's Ueber Einsamkeit (1756) was first translated into English from the very selective text of French edition in 1791 and frequently reprinted. The translator of the second volume seems to have worked directly from Zimmerman's German. He notes that Mercier translated only four of Zimmerman's twelve chapters: "Zimmerman was thus exhibited, not only as the blind zealot and romantic panegyrist of Solitude, but was also rendered, as far as his writings have any efficacy, the seducer of mankind into a mode of life, which the amiable writer devoted the greater part of his work to prove, was in certain case highly injurious to their morals and happiness." The new material in this volume, the translator asserts, will enable the reading public to correct any mis-percepetions they might have made of Zimmerman's ideas. ESTC on-line locates the BL copy of the 8th edition (first volume) and five British and three American copies of volume 2. (Book ref. 2399) £150.00
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[WYNNE (John)]: An Abridgment of Mr. Locke's Essay Concerning Humane Understanding.
London, Printed for A. and J. Churchill..., 1696. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [viii], 310 [311 - 319 contents, 320 adverts], contemporary mottled calf; water-staining slightly affecting lower margins and portion of text in first few leaves, front joint very slightly cracked, upper panel of spine slightly defective, base of spine chipped. Wynne wrote to Locke on 31 January 1695 suggesting that it "would be very useful to publish an abridgment of the Book [i. e., Locke's Essay]," adding that if Locke approved, "I would willingly contribute any assistance that I may be capeable [sic] of, to ease you of the Trouble." Locke replied on 8 February, giving his blessing: "I should be very glad any thing in my book could be made usefull...." Yolton 115. Wing L 2736. Attig. 267. (Book ref. 1198) £450.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian Books[WOLLASTON (William)]: The Religion of Nature Delineated.
London: Printed by Samuel Palmer...And Sold by B. Lintot..., 1726. 4to, pp. 219 [220 blank, 221 - 231 Index, 232 blank], engraved vignette of printer on title-page, 5 engraved head- and tail-pieces, newly rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, black morocco label; first three leaves water-stained. This is probably the fourth "edition" of this work, though the pagination and registration is the same as that of the 1725 printing. The work was first published in a "few copies" in 1722 and reprinted in 1724. Benjamin Franklin is generally agreed to have been compositor on the 1725 printing, but it is unlikely that he worked on this 1726 printing. (Book ref. 4736) £150.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksWHATELY (Richard): Elements of Logic. Comprising the Substance of the Article in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: With Additions, &c. Fourth Edition, Revised.
London: Printed for B. Fellowes..., 1831. 8vo, 233 x 155 mms., pp. xl, 392, original boards, paper label; spine defective with piece missing from top of spine, spine creased, joints cracked. (Book ref. 6464) £35.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksWATTS (Isaac): The Improvement of the Mind. Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logic: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of useful Knowledge in Religion, in the Sciences, and in common Life.
London: Printed for J. Buckland and T. Longman..., 1787. 12mo, pp. xii, 334. BOUND WITH: WATTS (Isaac): The Improvement of the Mind. The Second part. Containing Various Remarks and Rules about the Communication of Useful Knowledge. To which is added, A Discourse on the Education of Children and Youth. London: Printed for J. Buckland; T. Longman..., 1790. 12mo. pp. vii [viii blank], 315 [316 blank]. 2 volumes in 1, contemporary calf, red leather label; top of spine chipped with loss of calf, front joint slightly cracked, corners worn. Two issues of the first part appeared in 1787, one as above in 12mo (ESTC t185061), and the other 8vo (t081756); ESTC on-line locates three copies of this 12mo edition, t185061, in British libraries (O, Lsn, LEu) and two in United States libraries (RNR, TxU). For the second part (n018147), ESTC locates the reference copy only (IU) in the United States and two copies in British libraries (Lnat, Lsn). (Book ref. 2913) £200.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksWATSON (Richard): An Apology for the Bible, in A Series of Letters, addressed to Thomas Paine, Author of a Book entitled, The age of Reason, Part the Second, being an Investigation of True and of Fabulous Theology.
London: Printed for T. Evans...Cadell and Davies..., 1796. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, pp. [iv], 385 [386 blank, 387 - 388 adverts], uncut, contemporary boards, slightly later cloth spine; front hinge cracked, edges and boards soiled, cloth frayed. (Book ref. 1205) £100.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksWATKIN (E. I.): A Philosophy of Form.
London: Sheed and Ward, 1935. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xxix [xxx blank], 424, original cloth, fine copy in slightly worn dust-wrapper. (Book ref. 3547) £35.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian Books[WANLEY (Nathaniel)]: The History of Man: Or, The Wonders of Human Nature, in relation to the Virtues, Vices, and Defects of Both Sexes. With Examples, Ancient and Modern, Alphabetically Digested under their Proper Head. The whole work being intermixed With Variety of Useful and Divertive Relations. Second Edition.
Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute; and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London, 1790. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. xxxi [xxxii blank], 510; [iv], 538, contemporary tree calf, spines ornately gilt, morocco labels; two leaves sprung in volume 2, spine volume 2 creased, spines very slightly rubbed, but an attractive set. Wanley (1634 - 1680) published this work in 1678 as The Wonders of the Little World; or a General History of Man. In this edition, the first to be printed and published in Scotland, "The Preface of the Author" is dated 1704, and the text seems to derive from that published in 1704 by Bassett and Turner (ESTC t060653). The original work was dedicated to Sir Harbottle Grimston; the above edition is dedicated to Henry, Earl of Kent, presumably Henry Grey, ninth Earl of Kent (1594 - 1651), described as the "Premier Earl of England," though it seems curious that Wanley would dedicate a later edition of the work to someone who died when he was only seventeen, and long before he had thought of writing his work. Perhaps the publishers had in mind Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathern (1767 - 1820), the fourth son of George III and father of Queen Victoria. The work was republished in Scotland by Morison of Perth in 1796. ESTC on-line locates three copies in British libraries (L, E, Gu) and four in United States libraries (CLU, NjP, NYsU, KU-S). (Book ref. 2437) £200.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksVOLTAIRE (Francoise Marie Arouet de): Micromegas: A Comic Romance. Being a Severe Satire upon the Philosophy, Ignorance, and Self-Conceit of Mankind. Together with A Detail of the Crusades: And a new Plan fro the History of the Human Mind.
London: Printed for D. Wilson, and T. Durham..., 1753. FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION. 12mo. 176 x 108 mms, pp. [ii], 252, late 19th century half calf, olive morocco label, marbled boards; title-page soiled and with short tear amateurishly repaired in fore-margin, lower corner chipped, some fingering and soiling of text, but a reasonable copy, with the bookplate of Geoffrey A. M. Whittall on the front paste-down end-paper, and his autograph and date, "7.41" on the recto of the front free end-paper The translator is unknown, and work was first published in 1752, suggesting "Londres" as the place of publication, but possibly Berlin and Paris as well. The work clearly owes something to Gulliver's Travels and to De Begerac's Histoire Comique. Science fiction in this instance has led to real science, with MicroMegas being a particle detector first developed at CERN. Literature exists to give science a nomenclature, a compliment which science returns by providing literature with useful images and metaphors. (Book ref. 6493) £450.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksUPHAM (Thomas): A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on the Will.
Portland [Maine], Published by William Hyde, for Z. Hyde, 1834. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo, pp. 400, fore-edge and lower-edge uncut, 19th century binder's cloth, red morocco label. Upham was Professor Mental and Moral Philosophy in Bowdoin College. Among the authors he discusses are Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, and Jonathan Edwards. "One of the first original and comprehensive contributions of American scholarship to modern psychology" (Frank Hugh Foster (Book ref. 2900) £150.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian Books[TAYLOR (Isaac)]: Fanaticism. By the Author of the Natural History of Enthusiasm.
London: Holdsworth and Ball..., 1833. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. viii, 515 [516 adverts], uncut, contemporary quarter cloth, plain boards, paper label (rubbed and chipped); lacks all blank prelims, spine and joints a little worn (Book ref. 1808) £75.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksTATHAM (Edward): The Chart and Scale of Truth, by which to find The Cause of Error. Lectures read before the University of Oxford, at the Lecture founded by The Rev. John Bampton.
Oxford: Sold by J. Fletcher...[et al], 1790, [1792]. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. v [vi advert], 374; [ii], 324 [325 advert, 326 blank], contemporary calf, gilt spines (faded), black leather labels; lacks numbering labels, titling label on volume 2 chipped, but a good set. This was Tatham's chief work, and it was widely admired and praised for several decades; a revised and enlarged edition by E. W. Grinfield was published in 1840. DNB notes that "this extraordinary series of discourses, famous in its day `for ponderous learning and its vigorous, if coarse, style' embodied a new system of logic. His principle was that truth `becomes varied and modified as it passed through the human faculties,' and that it pervades the various departments of general knowledge, being finally summed up in `the summum genus of knowledge, the knowledge of revealed theology.'" (Book ref. 2891) £200.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian Books[STEWART (William): A Letter To The Reverend Professor Campbell, Whereto is subjoin'd Remarks on his Vindication of the Apostles from Enthusiasm, And on his Preface thereto; Wherein is shown the Apostles and Disciples of our Lord, did not reckon him an Impostor, betwixt his Death and Resurrection, of after; And the circumstantiate Differences betwixt the true Spirit of God, and that of the Enthusiasts are cleared. The Reverend Mr. Campbell's Vindication of the Apostles from Enthusiasm, is illustrate[d] in the Tenor of the whole, By W. S., M. P.
Glasgow, Printed by Mr. Carmichael and Company, for Alexander Mitchel..., 1731 FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [vi], 74, disbound. Archibald Campbell (1691 - 1756) published his Discourse proving that the Apostles were no Enthusiasts in 1730. Stewart's answer was one of two prompted by the pamphlet, the other being by Alexander Moncrieff, in 1733. The above work was cited as an example of Pelaginarian heresy when he was charged by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. There is evidence of a wide knowledge of contemporary philosophy as well, even if the spelling of names is a little eccentric, e. g., "Barclay's Notions are too much mere Enthusiasms of Reason" and "Doctor Mandevil has done one good Service upon hystericall and hypondriacall Distempers...." (Book ref. 1665) £250.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksSTEWART (Dugald): Philosophical Essays. Third Edition.
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company..., 1818. 8vo, pp. [iii] - xii, 615 [616 blank], contemporary half calf, marbled boards, morocco label; joints cracked, ex-library (Book ref. 2615) £75.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksSTEWART (Dugald): Philosophical Essays. Third Edition.
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company..., 1818. 8vo, pp. [iii] - xii, 615 [616 blank], contemporary sprinkled calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, morocco labels; joints cracked. (Book ref. 2614) £75.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksSTEWART (Dugald): Outlines of Moral Philosophy. For the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech..., 1793 FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xiv [xv - xvi blank], 302, including half-title, contemporary polished fair calf, gilt rules across spine, red morocco label; joints just a little bit rubbed, but a very good, near fine copy. This was Stewart's second publication, the first being volume one of his Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind in the previous year. Stewart began his university career in 1772, teaching mathematics at Edinburgh University, and he was appointed to the Chair of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh in 1785, upon the resignation of Adam Ferguson. The above work was republished many times during the next 80 - 100 years and was used as a text-book in many universities in Britain and America. (Book ref. 5949) £1250.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksSTEWART (Dugald): Outlines of Moral Philosophy. With a Memoir, a Supplement, and Questions, by James M'Cosh, LL. D.
London: William Allan & Co...., 1866. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 164, uncut and unopened, original embossed cloth; ex-library, spine faded and snagged at top, with rear joint cracked. M'Cosh's edition of Stewart's Outlines first appeared in 1864. (Book ref. 2611) £50.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksSTEWART (Dugald): Outlines of Moral Philosophy. For the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh. The Fifth Edition.
Edinburgh: Printed for Cadell & Company..., 1829 8vo, pp. xvi, 320, original boards, uncut, paper label on spine; boards worn, front cover stained, spine flaking, and joints slightly cracked. (Book ref. 2610) £150.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksSTEWART (Dugald): Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind. In Two Parts. With References, Sectional Heads, Synoptical Table of Contents and Translations of the Numerous Greek, Latin, and French Quotations, &c. By The Rev. G. N. Wright, Editor of the Works of Berkeley, Reid, etc.
London: William Tegg, 1867. 8vo, pp. xi [xii blank], 602, contemporary calf, morocco label; gilt gone from spine, corners worn. An interesting and useful edition of Stewart's Elements. (Book ref. 2612) £100.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksSMITH (Robert): Harmonics, or The Philosophy of Musical Sounds.
Cambridge, Printed by J. Bentham...and Sold...by W. Thurlbourn..., 1749. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xv [xvi contents], 292 [293 - 303 Index, 304 Corrections & Additions, 305 advert, 306 blank], 25 folding engraved plates, additional printed tables inserted between pp. 174 - 15, 182 - 183 (folding), and 238 - 239, recently rebound in quarter straight-grain morocco, gilt spine, morocco labels. A very good copy. Smith (1689 - 1768) trained as a mathematician and was Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge for forty-four years (1716 - 1760). Although his work on harmonics has a mathematical basis, he approaches the problems of tuning keyboard instruments as a musician would. Commenting on the book some thirty-five years later, another commentator on the aesthetics of music, Thomas Robertson (d. 1799), author of An Inquiry into the Fine Arts, called it "a work of ingenuity, as well as of great labour"; but, damning with faint praise, he added, "but who ventures to peruse it? The accomplished mathematician, in the first page almost, takes leave of his reader; and, plunging at once into the recesses of abstraction, may be said never to have been heard of since; so few of the learned themselves pretending to have followed him." Geoffrey Canton in the new Oxford DNB is a bit more appreciative: "Music was both Smith's pastime and his other main scientific interest. He was an accomplished performer on several instruments, particularly the violoncello, and possessed a 'correct ear'. In his Harmonics he advocated the mean-tone temperament or method of tuning keyboard instruments. In the same work he contributed to the mathematical theory of music with an extended discussion of equal harmonic intervals." (Book ref. 5643) £750.00
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