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Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United KingdomHay Cinema Bookshop Limited
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Facsimile reprint of the 1763 edition. 8vo. [xxxii] + 268pp. Original maroon boards with gilt lettered spine, very good. ISBN 1855060558 US$10.
More imagesPublished by Printed by T. Jones in Fetter-Lane and sold by T. Payne at the Mews-Gate 1773, 1773
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Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United KingdomJarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers
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Add to basketFIRST EDITION. ii, 148pp. 8vo. Sl. affected by damp. Later half maroon calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments; a little rubbed. Alston VI 490. ESTC T150278. BL, Glasgow & Oxford only in the UK; Harvard and NYPL only in U.S. Abraham Tucker, 1705-1774, was a philosopher, best known for The Light of Nature Pursued. This, his last book, was privately printed and is a plea for English to be written as it is spoken, providing fascinating insights to contemporary pronunciation, and occasionally verging on being a manifesto. Tucker went blind in 1771, and invented a machine to help himself write. His decision to write a book explicitly pairing letters with vocal sounds must surely be related to this event.…
The Light of Nature Pursued: Human Nature, Theology, Lights of Nature and Gospel Blended (9 Volumes)
Published by Printed by T. Jones. and Sold by T. Payne. / Printed by W. Oliver. and Sold by T. Payne and Son. [et al] 1767-8, London, 1767
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Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contemporary specked calf, ornate gilt-stamped border on boards, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments (5 raised bands); complete set of 9 volumes (published and bound as Volume I, Parts i-ii, Volume II, Parts i-iii, Volume III, Parts i-iv), 8vo; pp. xlvi, 384; 384; 315; 335; 540, [3] (blank, errata); 403; 432; 462; 505, [1] (errata). Volumes I-II (bound as the first 5 volumes of this set), printed by T. Jones, 1768 (and with the armorial bookplate of Reverend John St. John of Farley); Volume III (the last 4 volumes of this set), printed by W. Oliver, 1767. Several boards detached. Nevertheless, a nice set of the rare first edition, difficult to find in a straight run. Images available upon request. …
