DISCOURSES, ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN DELIVERED IN PHILADELPHIA. To Which Are Added, Some Others, Selected From The Same Author.
by Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)
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Printed by John Binns, Northumberland, (PA): ., 1805 pp. (1), (1)-385. Title page loose, chipped with numerous XLib marks. Text browned and brittle. 12mo. 200 mm. Disbound. Poor. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenter clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, and liberal political theorist. He has historically been credited with the discovery of oxygen. During his lifetime, Priestley's considerable scientific reputation rested on his invention of soda water, his writings on electricity, and his discovery of several airs (gases). Priestley's science was integral to his theology, and he consistently tried to fuse Enlightenment rationalism with Christian theism. His committed Christian Unitarian beliefs got him into enormous trouble in England and he fled to America, finally settling in the woods of Northumberland, PA. where he is buried. It was a life full of discovery, praise, and vilification. The Discourses here include: The Duty of Mutual Exhortation; On Faith and Patience; On the Change Which Took Place in the Character of the Apostles After the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Parts I & II); On the Necessity of Self-Examination; On Having Our Conversation in Heaven; Doing All to the Glory of God; Resignation to the Will of God; On Being Perfect as God is Perfect; On Habitual Devotion; The Duty of Not Living to Ourselves; Of the Danger of Bad Habits; A Discourse on the Resurrection of Jesus; The Importance of Free Inquiry. Sabin 65505. S&S/AI 9195. PAIMP 10.
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- DISCOURSES, ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN DELIVERED IN PHILADELPHIA. To Which Are Added, Some Others, Selected From The Same Author.
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- Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)
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- Printed by John Binns, Northumberland, (PA): .
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- 1805
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- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN PHILADELPHIA DISCOURSES PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY RELIGION PHILOSOPHY JOSEPH PRIESTLEY NORTHUMBERLAND IMPRINT 1805
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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