Institutes of Natural Philosophy, Theoretical and Experimental.

Enfield, William. LL.D.

Verlag: London: Printed for J. Johnson. MDCCLXXXV [1785].

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Large 4to. pp: i,v,vi-xii,[1]-353,[1], eleven folding plates following text, adverts to final leaf verso, owner inscribed to head of front endpaper 'C. Wakeman/Perdiswell/1812' with the Dedication leaf to the Rev. Joseph Priestley, prelims & plates lightly foxed & browned, otherwise contents very good, bound in contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards with vellum corner tips, spine with raised bands, with red leather label gilt titled 'Enfield's Philosop', uncut edges, bindng worn & darkened with hinges split but sound, lower corners bumped, otherwise very good. The Wakeman family of Perdiswell Hall in the county of Worcestershire, married into the Offley family of Shropshire about this time. WILLIAM ENFIELD (1741-1797), was a British Unitarian Minister who published The Speaker in 1774. Joseph Priestley was also a Unitarian. Ultimately Enfield agreed with Priestley that Dissenting civil rights were too slow in coming. He studied mathematics one summer & published this title dedicated to Priestley. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1578

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Titel: Institutes of Natural Philosophy, ...

Verlag: London: Printed for J. Johnson. MDCCLXXXV [1785].

Einband: Hardcover