A Miscellany, Containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects. By the Bisoph of Cloyne
by [BERKELEY (George)]:
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London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper..., 1752. FIRST LONDON EDITION. 8vo, 202 x 121 mms., pp. vi [7 - 8] - 267 [268 Contents],with the appearance of A2 rather than A3 being in cancelled state, contemporary calf; margins of several leaves browned, four leaves creased, two leaves sprung, covers holding on for dear life, lacks label, top and base of spine chipped, ex-library, with the library label of Collegio Sancti Davidis apud Llanbedr in Comitatu Ceretico, with note that this duplicate was sold, on the front paste-down end-paper, with the contemporary inscription "Bro. Berkeley's Tracts" on the recto of the front free end-paper, Among the tracts reprinted are "Farther Thoughts on Tar Water," "An Essay towards preventing the Ruin of Great-Briain," "Maxims concerning Patriotism." Keyne 141. Rothschild 383. Goldsmiths 8683.
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- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
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- A Miscellany, Containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects. By the Bisoph of Cloyne
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- [BERKELEY (George)]:
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- Used
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- London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper..., 1752
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- essays medicine prose
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