A Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil. In Six Letters to -----. London: printed for R. and J. Dodsley. 1757.

JENYNS, Soame

Erscheinungsdatum: 1757

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Small 8vo: [iv], 193 pp., engraved vignette to title. Contemporary calf, later gilt decorated spine with raised bands, contrasting label. First edition. An attractive copy. The first edition with p.102 not numbered and p.157 incorectly numbered; a second issue was published in the same year with the addition of a half-title and with the pagination errors corrected. This work attracted much notice at the time of its publication. Samuel Johnson wrote a brilliant and slashing review of it in the `Literary Magazine'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 072915

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Titel: A Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1757

Einband: Softcover

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