Sm. 8vo. 166 leaves collating in fours (sig. Nn and Oo repeated); on T
1 verso is the
Character of Dr. Watson. By Edward Gibbon; on T
2 recto the half-title for
An Address to Scoffers at Religion; on Y
3 recto the half-title for
The Authenticity of the Books of the New Testament. By William Paley . . .; continuous signatures and pagination; 5 lines of errata at the end. On the verso of the second leaf is printed:
The profits of this publication are appropriated to the purpose of supporting Missionaries to preach the gospel; or some pious
and public use, under the direction of the Synod of Virginia
.
Original tree sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, and an undated typed slip reading:
Keep on account of fine condition, and original binding. This also may be Jefferson’s Copy.
For another edition of Watson’s Apology see no. 1652. This is the
first edition with this title and with the Address to Scoffers and Paley’s tract.
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190
Nicholson on baptism. pamphlet
8
vo.
Not in the 1815 Catalogue.
This work was probably missing at the time of the sale to Congress. It is not entered in the 1815 catalogue, though the author’s
name appears in the Index with reference to chapter 17. The entry does not appear in the later catalogues.
[1715]
