Author: JENYNS (Soame):
Title: Disquisitions on Several Subjects.
Description: London: Printed for J. Dodsley..., 1782. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, pp. iv, 182, recently rebound in quarter calf, gilt spine, morocco label, marbled boards; fore-margin of C1 slightly frayed, but a very good copy. Jenyns' topics are "On the Chain of Universal Being," "On Cruelty to Inferior Animals," "On a Præ-existent State," "On the Nature of Time," "On the Analogy between Things Material and Intellectual," "On Rational Christianity," "On Government and Civil Liberty," and "On Religious Establishment." The book was republished several times in the 18th century.

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