Elements of Moral Science
by BEATTIE, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
224,[3];iv,338,[6]pp. Two volumes. Half calf and marbled boards, spines rebacked in antique style calf with gilt-lettered spines. Edges lightly word, boards rubbed. Text tanned, corners rounded. Very good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of James Beattie's overarching treatise on various philosophical subjects, originally printed in Edinburgh. Beattie was a professor of philosophy at Aberdeen University, and a member of the Scottish Enlightenment who promoted Common Sense philosophy. A handbook of practical ethics for Beattie's students, with a lengthy and vociferous condemnation of the institution of slavery. A very important and very difficult set to get as both volumes were published two years apart and rarely turn up together. Beattie's thoughts on slavery abolition undoubtedly resonated with American abolitionists of the time. EVANS 24081, 2663
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 189
- Title
- Elements of Moral Science
- Author
- BEATTIE, James
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Mathew Carey
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1792-94
- Pages
- 224, [3]; iv, + 338, [6] pp.
- Size
- small 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Philosophy
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
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- 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...
- Marbled boards
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