Search Results: the history of philosophy from the by enfield william

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

London. Printed by J.F. Dove, for William Baynes. MDCCCXLX. (1850). Hardcover. 8vo., 22.5cm, xxii(23) 555p., folding table, indexes,in original boards, untrimmed, paper spine cap mainly chipped off, label present but somewhat faded, boards loose, preliminaries have some slight foxing otherwise internally sound and clean (gar). Unexpectedly it includes the index to volume two.

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London: Charles Daly, 1840. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Title page damaged. Front board shadow stained. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 670 p.; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical footnotes and index. Subjects: Philosophy History. Philosophy History 18th century. Great Britain 18th century.

Thoemmes Continuum, 2000-10-15. Hardcover. New. 7.5942 in x 23.7819 in x 15.9878 in.

London: W. Baynes, 1820. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Rebound: cloth spines over paper-covered boards, with spine labels (original?) laid down. Boards rubbed with edges and corners exposed, binding margin lightly stained. 1820 Hard Cover. xxvii, 539, [23]; 628, [25] pp. Fold-out biographical chart opposite title page of volume one. The first English language history of philosophy to treat thinkers beyond ancient history (Locke, Newton, Hobbes, Leibniz, Descartes, etc.), by a friend of noted Unitarian Joseph Priestley. Enfield was also a Unitarian minister, and is best known for his 1774 work on elocution, entitled The Speaker. "Brucker's Historia, first published in Leipzig in six volumes between 1742 and 1767, is considered the founding work of the modern historiography of philosophy. Covering the period from Ancient Philosophy up through Descartes and Leibniz, it had a significant influence upon Kant and other philosophers of the Enlightenment. Enfield's… Read More

PRINCIPAL AUTHORITY FOR KANT & THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS -'IMMENSELY LEARNED AND DETAILED' first edition of the first English version 2 vols. large 4to. xxviii, 503, [1 (blank)], [60 (index)]; [4], 628pp., large folding engraved plate (a biographical time chart) in vol. I, contemporary diced russia, gilt fillet and roll pattern on front cover, spines with gilt highlighted raised bands and gilt tools at panel centres, direct lettered gilt, some scattered gatherings lightly browned as usual, spines little rubbed and some cracking of joints, but generally a very good and attractive copy. Partially erased engraved armorial bookplates of the Broadhurst family on the front endpapers. The great German scholar Brucker (1669-1770) first published his magnum opus Historia Critica Philosophiae at Leipzig in 5 quarto volumes between 1742 and 1744, and it was reprinted with an additional 6th volume in 1767. This monumental work is the foundation of the modern historiography of philosophy. Enfield… Read More