The Rule of Life: in Select Sentences, Collected from the greatest Authors, Antient and Modern
by (Sampson, Thomas)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Printed and Sold by S. Austen, 1742. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 18mo. Previously rebound in marbled paper, contemporary leather and gilt spine label laid down. xi, 335. Light damp staining to top and fore edges, heavier to last 10 pp. of text. Ink owner inscription to ffep. Early ownership quotes to p. 335v. A very good+ copy. Quotes on hope, fear, anxiety, passion, friendship, and the "whole picture of human life." With quotes from Descartes, Cicero, Plutarch, Seneca, Epicurus, &c. "The laws of nature, like those of God, are part of man's finding out." - Baker.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014268
- Title
- The Rule of Life: in Select Sentences, Collected from the greatest Authors, Antient and Modern
- Author
- (Sampson, Thomas)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed and Sold by S. Austen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1742
- Keywords
- quotes, literature, modern literature, ancient literature, Thomas Sampson, hope, fear, anxiety, life, wisdom, Descartes, Cicero, Plutarch, Seneca, Epicurus, philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Classics;
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Whitby, Ontario
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...