J. 140
Welsted’s scheme of providence.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 122, as above.
WELSTED,
Leonard.
The Scheme and conduct of Providence, from the Creation to the coming of Messiah: or, an enquiry into the reasons of the divine
dispensations in that period. By Mr. Welsted.
London: Printed for
J. Walthoe,
mdccxxxvi
. [1736]
BT135 .W4
First Edition. 8vo. 84 leaves, the last signature with the publisher’s lists.
Not in Lowndes.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 331.
Rebound in half red morocco, by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
Leonard Welsted, 1688-1747, English poet. This work is dedicated to the Duke of Chandos. Pope, in the
Dunciad
, accused Welsted of squeezing money out of his patrons by dedications.
[1601]
J. 141
Sherlock on prophecy.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 123, as above.
SHERLOCK,
Thomas.
The Use and Intent of Prophecy, in the several ages of the world: In six discourses, delivered at the Temple Church, in April
and May, 1724. Published at the desire of the Masters of the Bench of the Two Honourable Societies . . . The
second edition corrected. By Tho. Sherlock, D.D. Dean of Chichester, and Master of the Temple.
London: Printed for
J. Pemberton,
1726.
BS647 .A2 S6
8vo. 176 leaves collating in eights.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Old calf, blind frame sides. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; a few minor corrections not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Thomas Sherlock, 1678-1761, bishop of London. These discourses, part of a controversy with the deists, were originally published in 1725,
and ran through many editions.
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J. 142
Sherlock on death.
1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 124, as above.
SHERLOCK,
William.
A Practical Discourse concerning Death. By William Sherlock, D.D. Late Dean of St. Paul’s. The
twentieth edition.
London: Printed, and re-printed by
William Parks, in
Williamsburg,
mdccxliv
. [1744]
BT825 .S55
8vo. 163 leaves (lacks the last blank); collating in eights.
Not in Evans.
Not in Clayton-Torrence.
Wroth 123.
Huntington 127.
Old half-russia (repaired). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
William Sherlock, 1641?-1707, dean of St. Paul’s. In his bibliography of the publications of William Parks, Dr. Wroth records only one copy
of this edition (now in the John Carter Brown Library). The first edition was printed in London in 1689.
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