Essays upon several subjects : in five parts ... / by Sir Richard Blackmore ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackmore, Richard, Sir, 1654-1729.

Contributor:

Grierson, George, 1679-1753, bookseller.

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xxii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 36, 36, 39 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 48, 16 pages ; 16 cm

Edition:

The second edition.

Fingerprint:

of'd tIat ndx- thly (3) 1716 (A)

Place of Publication:

[Dublin] : London printed and reprinted in Dublin for G. Grierson ..., 1716.

Contents:

(from t.p.) Upon wit

Upon false virtue

Upon the immortality of the soul

Upon the laws of nature

Upon the origin of civil power.

Notes:

Signatures: A-C⁴, ²A-D⁴ E², ³[A]-D⁴ E², ⁴A-E⁴ 2A⁴, ⁵B-F⁴, ⁶A-B⁴.

"An essay upon wit" has special title leaf which reads: An essay upon wit. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M. D. And fellow of the College of Physicians in London. London printed: And re-printed in Dublin for George Grierson, at the Two Bibles in Essex-Street. MDCCXVI.

"An essay upon false vertue" has special title leaf which reads: An essay upon false vertue. By Sir Richard Blackmore Kt. M. D. and fellow of the College of Physicians in London. Dublin: Printed for George Grierson in Essex-Street. 1716.

"An essay upon the immortality of the soul" has special title leaf which reads: An essay upon the immortality of the soul. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M. D. and fellow of the College of Physicians in London. London printed; And re-printed in Dublin by Edwin Sandys, for George Grierson, at the Two Bibles in Essex-Street, 1716.

"An essay upon the laws of nature" has special title leaf which reads: An essay upon the laws of nature. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M. D. And fellow of the College of Physicians in London. London printed: And re-printed in Dublin for George Grierson, at the Two Bibles in Essex-Street. MDCCXVI.

"An essay upon the origin of civil power" has special title leaf which reads: An essay upon the origin of civil power. By Sir Richard Blackmore Kt. M.D. and fellow of the College of Physicians in London. London printed; and reprinted in Dublin, for G. Grierson at the Two Bibles in Essex-street, 1716.

General title leaf and special title leaves of "An essay upon wit," "An essay upon the immortality of the soul," and "An essay upon the laws of nature" each has border of double rules.

Woodcut title vignettes, head- and tail-pieces.

Typographical ornaments.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy has bookplate of Archibald Elias on inside back cover.

Penn Libraries copy has some ms. marginal marks in ink or pencil; back pastedown detached from lower board.

Cited in:

ESTC N31098

OCLC:

5805921