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[Philosophy]
A philosopical inquiry concerning human liberty [2nd corr. ed.].
London, R. Robinson, 1717
€ 300 / 400
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Beschrijving lot
8vo: [1-1 bl.]-vi (= 6)-[2]-118 pp. (some spotting).
Contemp. gold-tooled red leather, covers with elaborately gilt border frame, richly gilt spine, gilt sides, a.e.g., marbled endpapers (spine sl. tanned and with 2 sm. holes, corners def.). Very good copy.
Second corr. edition, published in the same year as the first, of a philosophical treatise on free will and determinism by the English deist, freethinker and friend of Locke, A. Collins (1676-1719). He was an adept of the doctrine of necessitarianism. The work was praised by Voltaire, Priestley and the French materialists.
Ref. ESTC T134533.
Prov. Old catalogue cutting pasted on front flyleaf.