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HUME (DAVID)
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "FROM THE AUTHOR'S NEPHEW" [i.e. the jurist David Hume, 1757-1838] on the front free endpaper, modern calf, gilt morocco spine label, 8vo, , 1779; and others by Hume, Thomas Stanley, Voltaire (in English), Bentham (Edward, and Jeremy) and Busby (9)

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HUME (DAVID)

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "FROM THE AUTHOR'S NEPHEW" [the jurist David Hume, 1757-1838] on the front free endpaper, modern calf, gilt morocco spine label, 8vo, [?London], Printed in 1779; Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects... New Edition, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece portrait, occasional spotting, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, 4to, Edinburgh, A. Millar [and others], 1768--STANLEY (THOMAS) The History of Philosophy... Second Edition, engraved portrait of the author by G. Faithorne after P. Lily, title printed in red and black, engraved illustrations, fore-margins of opening few leaves slightly softened, thin trace of worming in blank margins towards end, modern half calf [Wing S5239], small folio, Thomas Bassett, 1668--VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE) The Philosophy of History, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, J. Allcock, 1766; Letters Concerning the English Nation, modern quarter calf, A. Lyon, 1733--BENTHAM (JEREMY) The Book of Fallacies: From Unfinished Papers, FIRST EDITION, modern quarter calf, John and H.L. Hunt, 1824--BENTHAM (EDWARD) An Introduction to Moral Philosophy, FIRST EDITION, bookstamp of F. Madan, Oxford on title, modern calf, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1745--LUCRETIUS CARUS (TITUS) The Nature of Things, a Didascali Poem... Accompanied with Commentaries... by Thomas Busby, 2 vol. in 1, engraved frontispiece, some off-setting and light dampstains, modern quarter morocco, 4to, J. Rodwell, for the Author, 1813 (9)

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