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A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE STATE AND FACULTIES OF MAN WITH THOSE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
by GREGORY, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-VG for Age
- Seller
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J.Dodsley, 1777. Seventh edition (1st-1765) . Full Leather. Good-VG for Age. 11 cms x 17.5 Cms. xviii+286+(10, contents); prev.owners dated pencilled sig.+ pencilled dealer's notes and single isolated stamped figure '3) all to front endpaper, two tiny early pencil signs top half-title, no further marking, front gutter cracked and open but securre, rear gutter also split but less severely, browning to edges of endpapers and pastedowns offset from adhesive; covers generally clean but extremeties moderately rubbed, both joints cracked consistent with internal gutter damage but remain secure, paenlled spine slightly rubbed, small red label with gilt lettered 'Comparative View' in good condition. A very serviceable copy of this important and pioneering work which adumbrated eugenics concerns etc. of a century later. Major example of Scottish Enlightenment thought. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.
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- Bookseller
- Douglas Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006715
- Title
- A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE STATE AND FACULTIES OF MAN WITH THOSE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
- Author
- GREGORY, John
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-VG for Age
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Seventh edition (1st-1765)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.Dodsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1777
- Size
- 11 cms x 17.5 Cms
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT HEREDITY CHILD-REARING BREEDING ETHICS AESTHETICS
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent
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