A treatise on self-knowledge
by MASON, John
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- first
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne, for Manners and Miller, 1803. [4], xvi, 253pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked. Later armorial bookplate of William Cowburn to FEP, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, else internally clean and crisp. A handsome copy of an Edinburgh-printed edition of Independent minister John Mason's (1706-1763) immensely popular treatise on practical piety. First printed in 1745, the work went through more than 20 editions by 1836. In consideration of this book, and his earlier Plea for Christianity (1733), Mason was awarded an MA by Edinburgh University. . 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ14905
- Title
- A treatise on self-knowledge
- Author
- MASON, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Printed by James Ballantyne, for Manners and Miller
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1803
- Keywords
- Christianity, Religion
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
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- Bookplate
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- Crisp
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- Edges
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Morocco
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- Calf
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