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London: J. Badcock, 1803. Full Calf. 2 vols., 12 mo. Reverend Isaac Watts, D. D. (1674-1748), wrote almost 700 hymns and published ten volumes of sermons and several theological treatises. He was educated at an Academy at Stoke Newington. Earned a Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Edinburgh in 1728. Watts was first published in 1741, this book is intended to give practical instruction in what Watts calls, "the improvement of the mind." He includes tips on learning languages, the art of conversation and on improving memory. Bound in full lt. brown calf, gilt rules & decoration on spine. Little rubbed at edges and hinges (1 hinge starting) o/w good plus condition.

Oxford: Excudebant Collingwood et socii, 1810. Hardcover. Very good condition. Complete 8 volume set of Cicero's works. Vol I (Rhetoricum): [1]-632pp; Vol II (Orationes): [1]-731pp; Vol III (Orationes): [733]-1461pp; Vol IV (Epistolae ad Diversos): [7]-434pp; Vol V (Epistolae ad Atticum, Q. Fratrem, et Brutum): [433]-980pp; Vol VI (Opera philosoph.): [1]-619pp; Volume VII (Opera Philosoph / Fragmenta Scriptorum Deperditorum): [621]-1009pp; Vol VIII (Clave Ciceroniana): [1]-523pp. Oxonii, Excudebant Collingwood et Socii. Impensis W. H. Lunn, J. Mackinlay, J. Mawman, W. Miller, T. Payne, R. H. Evans, J. Faulder, Londini; et J. Cooke, J. Parker, Oxonii. "Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to… Read More

Poughkeepsie: Isaac Platt, 1829. Good + overall. A Poughkeepsie imprint of a sermon delivered by the American philosopher who would later become president of Union College. Hickok (1798 - 1888), taught at a private school in Bethel, Ct., graduated from Union College, and studied theology by apprenticing himself to William Andrews and Bennet Tyler, both of Connecticut. Hickok was ordained minister in 1824 at the Congregational Church in Kent, Connecticut, where he served as pastor until 1829. He then succeed Dr. Lyman Beecher at the Congregational Church in Litchfield, Connecticut. He taught at Western Reserve College, Auburn Theological Seminary, and then Union College. He succeeded Eliphalet Nott as president of Union in 1865 and then retired to Amherst Mass, where he continued to work with students & teachers of philosophy. 8vo, 9pp. Toned, chipped at edges. With linen reinforcement at spine, and in a modern acetate fronted binding.