The religion of nature delineated.

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From bookseller's description: "The third edition of Wollaston's religious work, after the first 1722 and a second edition of 1724. This edition was typeset by Benjamin Franklin at the age of nineteen, who had arrived in London from Philadelphia the year before." Franklin was working in Samuel Palme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wollaston, William, 1660-1724 (Author)
Corporate Author: W. and J. Innys (Bookseller)
Other Authors: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Compositor)
Palmer, Samuel, -1732 (Printer)
Lintot, Bernard (Bookseller)
Osborn, John, -1739 (Bookseller)
Batley, Jeremiah, -1737 (Bookseller)
Longman, Thomas, 1699-1755 (Bookseller)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English. Bibliographical footnotes in English, Greek, Hebrew and Latin. Mottoes in Greek on title page by Plutarch and Plato.
Published: London : Printed by S. Palmer, and sold by B. Lintott, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn, J. Batley, and T. Longman, 1725.
Subjects:
Natural theology > Early works to 1800.
Ethics > Early works to 1800.
Old Book List > England > London > 1725.
Théologie naturelle > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Morale > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Ethics.
Natural theology.
Natuurlijke religie.
Natural theology > Early works to 1900.
English imprints, 18th century, 1725.
Early works.
Inscriptions.
Inscriptions > United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 1940.
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
Ouvrages avant 1800.
Early works to 1900.
Early works.
Inscriptions.
Inscriptions
Ownership and Custodial History:
Inscription in an early hand on recto of front free end-paper: "7s"; pencil inscription on front paste-down: "J. S. Adams, jr., Philadelphia, 1940"; booksellers' inscriptions in pencil (including price codes) on recto of front free end-paper: bookseller's description, by William Reese Company, New Haven, Connecticut, available in MSS 466 (along with print-out of description as it appeared in dealer's catalog, photocopy of description of this edition from Campbell's "Franklin Imprints", relevant pasages from the 11th edition of the "Encyclopedia Britannica", and a typescript description of a different copy of this edition by John Howell Books, San Francisco, California).
Local Note:
MSU: Laid-in and other associated materials transferred to MSS 466, Box 8, Folder 260.
Binding Information:
In contemporary Cambridge-style calf; rebacked in matching calf with five raised bands; early spine label preserved (red leather, tooled and lettered in gilt); boards and spine tooled in blind; boards stamped in blind; outer edges of boards tooled in gilt; edges speckled red.
Physical Description:219 pages, 1 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm (quarto)
Format: Book

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