8vo. 159 leaves, the last leaf with Publisher’s advertisement of books written by Priestley. The title is printed on a sheet of 2 leaves, of which the second has been cut away, leaving the stub.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 956.
Fulton and Peters, page 8.
Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
This work was usually included by Jefferson in his recommended reading lists. In a letter to the author written on November 29, 1802, concerning Alexander I of Russia, Jefferson mentioned this as one of the books
which would furnish the principles of our constitution and their practical development in the several parts of that instrument.
Joseph Priestley, 1733-1804. This work, which gave to Bentham the formula of utilitarianism, was first printed in 1768. Other works by Priestley,
a friend of Jefferson, appear in this catalogue.
John Brown, 1715-1766 (Estimate Brown), published his
Thoughts on Civil Liberty, Licentiousness and Fashion
in 1765.
John Balguy, 1686-1748.
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J. 9
El desengano del hombre. por Puglia.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 10, El disengano del hombre, por Puglia, 12mo.
PUGLIA,
Santiago Felipe.
El Desengaño del hombre compuesto por Santiago Felipe Puglia, maestro de la lengua castellana en esta metrópoli . . . Filadelfia: en la imprenta de
Francisco Bailey,
mdcclxxxxiv
. [1794.]
JC187 .P8 copy 2
First Edition. 12mo. 72 leaves including 1 blank; list of works on the last page dated by the author Enero 23 de 1794.
Sabin 66618.
Evans 27584.
Rebound in half roan by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
The list of subscribers on the third leaf includes:
Tomas Jefferson, Primer Secretario (que fué) de los Estados Unidos de la América septentrional.
Santiago Felipe Puglia, b. 1760, in Genoa. He lived in Cadiz as a merchant for some years, but after serving a term of imprisonment in that city
came to the United States in 1790, and taught the Castellan language in Philadelphia.
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J. 10
Hooker’s ecclesiastical polity
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 411, as above.
HOOKER,
Richard.
The Works of that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, in eight books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, compleated out of his own manuscripts. Dedicated to the King’s most
excellent Majesty, Charles II. By whose Royal Father (near his martyrdom) the former five books (then only extant) were commended
to his dear children, as an excellent means to satisfy private scruples, and settled the publick peace of this Church and
Kingdom. To which are added, several other treatises by the same author. All revised and corrected in numberless places of
the former editions, by a diligent hand. There is also prefix’d before the book, the Life of the Author, written byIsaac Walton. To this edition is added a large alphabetical index.
London: printed for
John Walthoe,
George Conyers [and others],
m.dcc.xxiii
. [1723.]
BV649 .H8 1723
