8vo. 140 leaves; separate titles for the different parts; continuous signatures and pagination.
Knapton’s list of books by Clarke at the end.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Rebound in half red morocco; some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Manuscript notes are not by him.
The first edition by published in 1706. Arthur Collins was the author of
Some Remarks on a pretended demonstration
and J. Toland of
Some Reflections on . . . Amyntor
.
Henry Dodwell, 1641-1711, famous scholar, theologian, and non-juror, was born in Dublin of English parents. The work referred to in this title is An epistolary Discourse, proving from the Scriptures and the first Fathers, that the Soul is a Principle naturally mortal, but immortalized actually by the pleasure of God, first printed in London in 1706. Several clergymen wrote answers in addition to Samuel Clarke.
[1597]
J. 137
Warburton’s divine legation of Moses.
3. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 119, as above.
WARBURTON,
William.
The Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated, on the principles of a religious deist, from the omission of the doctrine of a
future State of Reward and Punishment in the Jewish Dispensation. In nine books. The first volume [-the second volume, in two parts]. The
third edition, corrected and enlarged. By William Warburton, A.M. Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales . . .
London: Printed for the Executor of the late Mr.
Fletcher Gyles,
mdccxlii
. [1742]
BT1100 .W3
2 vol. in 3. 8vo. Vol. I, 264 leaves; vol. II, 201 and 185 leaves; on the verso of the last leaf of vol. II, part 1, is a
list of books by the Rev. William Warburton; engraved plates. Volume II is the second edition.
Old calf, gilt line borders. Initialled by Jefferson in the three volumes at sig. I and T, Ii and Tt. With the Library of
Congress 1815 bookplate.
William Warburton, 1698-1779, Bishop of Gloucester. The first edition of this work, written in answer to the English deists, was published
in 1737, 41.
[1598]
J. 138
Syke’s examination of Warburton’s legation.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 120, as above.
SYKES,
Arthur Ashley.
An Examination of Mr. Warburton’s account of the conduct of the antient legislators, of the double doctrine of the old philosophers,
of the theocracy of the Jews, and of Sir Isaac Newton’s Chronology. By Arthur Ashley Sykes, D.D.
London: Printed for
J. and P. Knapton,
m.dcc.xliv
. [1744]
BT1100 .W32 S9
First Edition. 8vo. 183 leaves.
Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Arthur Ashley Sykes, 1684-1756, English latitudinarian divine. For Newton’s
Chronology
see no. 135.
[1599]
J. 139
Syke’s defence of his examination.
1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 121, as above,
8vo.
SYKES,
Arthur Ashley.
[
A Defence of the Examination of Mr. Warburton’s account of the theocracy of the Jews; being an answer to his remarks, as far
as they concern Dr. Sykes. By Arthur Ashley Sykes.
London,
1746.]
BS480 .W28 S8
First Edition. 8vo. 49 leaves only (should be 50, lacks the title-page), collating in fours. Signed at the end A. A. Sykes. March 25, 1746.
Old sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with his original shelf-mark,
C. 17. 121 on the first (present) page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
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