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Letters from the Right Honourable the Late Earl of Shaftesbury, to Robert Molesworth, Esq.; Now the Lord Viscount of That Name. with Two Letters Written by the Late Sir John Copley. to which is prefix' a Large Introduction by the Editor by Earl of Shaftesbury; Cropley, John; [Toland, John] - 1721

by Earl of Shaftesbury; Cropley, John; [Toland, John]

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Letters from the Right Honourable the Late Earl of Shaftesbury, to Robert Molesworth, Esq.; Now the Lord Viscount of That Name. with Two Letters Written by the Late Sir John Copley. to which is prefix' a Large Introduction by the Editor by Earl of Shaftesbury; Cropley, John; [Toland, John] - 1721

Letters from the Right Honourable the Late Earl of Shaftesbury, to Robert Molesworth, Esq.; Now the Lord Viscount of That Name. with Two Letters Written by the Late Sir John Copley. to which is prefix' a Large Introduction by the Editor

by Earl of Shaftesbury; Cropley, John; [Toland, John]

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London: Printed by W. Wilkins; and Sold by J. Peele, at Locke's Head, in Paternoster-Row, 1721. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. First edition. Boards absent, portion of leather spine remains. Ink name on title page (John Denne, probably the Archdeacon of Rochester [1693-1767]). 1721 Soft Cover. xxiv, 58 pp. A collection of letters edited by Irish rationalist philosopher John Toland, who was influenced by the philosophy of John Locke. Shaftesbury's work proved influential in the works of Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Adam Smith, etc.
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  • Publisher Printed by W. Wilkins; and Sold by J. Peele, at Locke's Head, in Paternoster-Row
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1721
  • Keywords PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT LETTERS CORRESPONDENCE
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1744. (Hardcover) 120, 326pp. Poor. Brown calf. A second title page following the first which reads: "Letters of the Earl of Shaftesbury to a Student at the University. Printed first in the year MDCCXVI". Ex-library, the front cover is detached, the spine of the cover is missing with the exposed spine having been lacquered, a library bookplate on the front endpaper dated 1926, and some small stamps inside. Includes A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, A Letter Sent from Italy, with the Notion of the Judgement of Hercules andC. To My Lord ****..., Letters from the Right Honourable the Late Earl of Shaftesbury, to Robert Molesworth Esq; Afterwards the Lord Viscount of That Name. With Two Letters Written by the Late Sir John Cropley. Printed in the Year Mdccxlv, Letters of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Author of the Characteristicks Collected into One Volume Printed Mdccxlvi, Sensus Communis; An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour & Soliloquy: Or, Advice to an Author. (Philosophy).
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