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Lot 83

PRIESTLEY (JOSEPH)
Letters to the Jews; Inviting them to an Amicable Discussion of the Evidences of Christianity, spine gilt with red morocco labels, 8vo

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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PRIESTLEY (JOSEPH)

Letters to the Jews; Inviting them to an Amicable Discussion of the Evidences of Christianity, second edition; Letters to the Jews. Part II. Occasioned by Dr. David Levi's Reply..., Birmingham, for the author, by Pearson and Rollason, 1787--LEVI (DAVID) Letters to Dr. Priestly [sic], in Answer to those he Addressed to the Jews, second edition, for the author, 1787; Letters to Dr. Priestley, in Answer to His Letters to the Jews, Part. II..., 1789, 4 works in 1 vol., first work without publisher's catalogue at end, one advertisement trimmed with slight loss, nineteenth century mottled half calf, spine gilt with red morocco labels, 8vo

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An uncommon volume in that it contains both parts of Priestley's letters urging Jews to convert to Anglicanism, and both parts of Levi's replies, which led to many arguments with Christian divines.

Provenance: James Whatman, bookplate.

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