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A Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil: In Six Letters to ____ to which is added, a preface, and some explanatory notes
by Jenyns, Soame
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: John W. Folsom, 1795. Hardcover. Good +. 190, [2] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: A-P6 Q6 (12mo). Last leaf blank. Contemporary full calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title. Six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Former owner's name inscribed on front free endpaper: Samuel G. Allen. Early American Imprints, first series, 28896. The very scarce first American edition of the second edition of this work, which included the author's response to the critical reception of the first edition. In Good+ Conditon: 1-cm. leather lacking at head of spine; front joint cracked; leather is rubbed; scattered foxing; otherwise clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002316
- Title
- A Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil: In Six Letters to ____ to which is added, a preface, and some explanatory notes
- Author
- Jenyns, Soame
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John W. Folsom
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1795
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion & Philosophy;
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- Morocco
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- G
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