Characteristicks : Volume I. A letter concerning enthusiasm. Sensus Communis; an essay on the freedom of wit and humour. Soliloquy, or advice to an author.
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| Language: | English |
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[Glasgow] :
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Printed in the year M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]
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| Item Description: | Anonymous. By Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury. Volume 1 dated 1744, volume 2 dated 1743, 1745. Volume 1 has divisional titlepages for: 'Treatise II. Viz. sensus communis: an essay on the freedom of wit and humour. In a letter to a friend. Printed first in the year M.DCC.IX.' (E1r, pages [49]); 'Treatise III. Viz. soliloquy: or, advice to an author. Printed first in the year M.DCC.X.' (M3r, pages 137); register and pagination continuous. Volume 2 has an additional titlepage 'An inquiry concerning virtue, or merit. Formerly printed from an imperfect copy: now corrected, and publish'd intire. Printed first in the year M.DC.XC.IX.' ([pi]2r; pages [i]), and a divisional titlepage for 'The moralists, a philosophical rhapsody. Being a recital of certain conversations on natural and moral subjects. Publish'd in the year MDCCIX.' ([chi]2r); register and pagination continuous. Volume 3 has a divisional titlepage for 'Treatise VII. Viz. a notion of the historical draught or tablature of the judgment of Hercules, according to Prodicus, lib. II. Zen. [sic] de Mem. Soc. Printed first in the year MDCCXIII.' (2D1r; between pages 284 and 311); register and text continuous despite pagination. Originally published as 'Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times'. In 'A bibliography of the Foulis Press' Gaskell states: Without imprints, but probably Foulis Press. Volume 2: "Volume II. An inquiry concerning virtue and merit. The moralists; a philosophical rhapsody." Volume 3: "Volume III. Miscellaneous reflections on the preceding treatises and other critical subjects. A notion of the tablature or judgment of Jercules." Reproduction of original from British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (3 volumes,) |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- Scotland -- Glasgow. |