LECKY (William Edward Hartpole):

History of European Morals from Augusts to Charlemagne. Second Edition.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. xviii, 498; x, 423 [424 blank], including half-titles, contemporary half calf, linen boards, red morocco labels; joints slightly cracked. With the armorial bookplate of W. H. Mullens on the front paste-down end-paper of each volume.

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Book number: 3690

Catalogue: Morality

Keywords: morality history prose

SOUL.

A Moral essay Upon the Soul of Man. In Three Parts. Done out of French.

London, Printed for Henry Hills, jus. for H. Faitborne..., 1687. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 158 x 90 mms., pp. [xx], 447 [448 blank], with a later presentation note in pencil, contemporary calf; spine creased, with a split between pages 258 and 259. The French original has not been traced. The author, however, does not lack ambition and writes in the preface. "We believe that we have Discover'd the precious and inestimable Treasue of an entire Conviction of Religion an Morality, in the Incultivated and neglect Fieldof the Natural Knowledge of four Souls in the Attention and Reflection upon every ones Proper and Indubitable Sentiment; and we have believ'd that we ought to render the Discovery Publick." The author begins by distinguishing between "reason" and "reasoning" and proceeds to inquire about the reasoning of beasts. asserting, for example, "I confess, that if Beasts did what they do by a proper and true Knowledge, it were impossible to deny them the honor of Reasoning: For if Dogs Hunt by a true Knowlledge, and not by a simple blind Instinct, which pushes them towards their Prey, it is certain and evident that they Reason truly, when they way-lay a Hare, or when they set a Partridge. It is the same thing with Cats, Foxes, and all other Animals, of which such admirable Industries are related..." ESTC R214228 locates copies in BL, Durham Cathedral Library, Inverness Public Library, Bodleian, Queen's College Belfast, Ushaw College; Library of Congress, Clark, Iowa.

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Book number: 10168

Catalogue: Morality

Keywords: morality reason prose

SYKES (Arthur Ashley):

The Principles and Connexion of Natural and Revealed Religion Distinctly Considered.

London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton..., 1740. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xii, 507 [508 blank], contemporary calf; lacks blank leaves before title-page, joints a little cracked (but firm), spine slightly rubbed and dried, corners slightly worn. Sykes (?1684 - 1756) belonged to the latitudinarian side of the Anglican Church and is often associated with the views of Benjamin Hoadly. Here he argues that both natural and revealed religion are strictly rational. In the last two chapters, on the nature and existence of morality prior to Christ and the existence of moral principles not derived from revelation, he more-or-less argues that a virtuous, moral life and a Christian one are identical.

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Book number: 4690

Catalogue: Morality

Keywords: morality religion prose

TOUSSAINT (Francois Vincent):

Manners. Translated from the French. The Third Edition.

London: Printed for W. Owen..., W. Johnston..., and J. Payne..., 1752. 12mo (in 6s), pp. [xviii], vi, 251 [252 - 253, adverts, 254 blank], engraved vignette on title-page, contemporary calf; joints cracked, spine rubbed and dried. With the contemporary autograph and date "Robt. Twyford/ 1753" on the recto of the front paste-down end-paper, the Jolliffe armorial bookplate on the front paste-down end-paper, and "Barbara und Johann/ March 27th 1940 - Bath" above the bookplate. Robert Twyford is possibly the young man who was infatuated with Mary Delaney (née Granville) in 1717. This translation was first published in 1749 and was frequently reprinted. Toussaint (1715 - 1772) published Les Moeurs originally in 1748; he was prosecuted immediately, and the book was burnt. He later disavowed the work, though parts of it were used in the Encyclopédie.

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Book number: 5609

Catalogue: Morality

Keywords: morality education prose

TOUSSAINT (Francois Vincent):

Manners. Translated from the French. The Second Edition.

London: Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet..., 1752. 12mo (in 6s), 170 x 105 mms., pp. [xviii], vi, 251 [252 - 253, adverts, 254 blank], engraved vignette on title-page, contemporary calf, red leather label; slight worming around label, joints a little rubbed, but a very good copy. This translation was first published in 1749 and was frequently reprinted. Toussaint (1715 - 1772) published Les Moeurs originally in 1748; he was prosecuted immediately, and the book was burnt. He later disavowed the work, though parts of it were used in the Encyclopédie.

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Book number: 6335

Catalogue: Morality

Keywords: morality education prose

TUNSTALL (James):

Lectures on Natural and Revealed Religion, Read in the Chapel of St. John's College, Cambridge.

London, Printed by William Bowyer, 1765. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 260 x 193 mms., pp. 20, 308, contemporary calf, recornered and rebacked in darker calf, with new morocco labels; top margin of first ten leaves slightly wormed, rather clumsily rebound, with the bookplate of David Arthur Pailin on the front paste-down end-paper. The list of subscribers (pp. 5 - 20) accounts for about 1200 copies. Tunstall (1708 - 1762) began his literary career with an attack on Conyers Middleton's life of Cicero; Middleton replied vigorously, and Tunstall renewed his charges in a further publication. The above lectures were published by subscription to benefit his widow and children and were edited by his brother-in-law, Frederick Dodsworth. The lectures have more to do with practical morality than natural religion, since Tunstall argues for the truth-value of revealed religion. The work was sympathetically reviewed in a long article in the Critical Review for 1765, with the reviewer concluding, "This learned author, having perhaps calculated his lectures for the benefit of younger students, has suggested only the plainest and most obvious arguments: but he has treated them in a distinct and regular way, and, upon the whole, furnished us with a useful treatise on this important subject."

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Book number: 7666

Catalogue: Morality

Keywords: morality religion prose