Author: NELSON (Gilbert):
Title: The Happiness of Man, in this Life.
Description: Durham: Printed for the Author, by J. Ross, 1736. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 146 x 81 mms., pp. x, 211 [212 Errata and adverts], attractively bound in late 19th century full red morocco, double gilt rule on covers, gilt rules between raised bands on spine, black morocco label, all edges gilt; first leaf repaired with loss of words on verso, a little browning and waterstaining of text, some margins closely trimmed, joints rubbed, but a very good and attractive copy. The adverts on the verso of the last leaf are for other books by Nelson, including The Use of Human Reason in Religion in Answer to the Methodists, published in 1741, suggesting that this leaf has been reset. ESTC T138951 records three copies of this first edition: BL, Bodleian, Newcastle Central. A later edition with a cancel title-page removes Ross as author, published in 1738 (Bodleian [2]), UCLA.

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