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SMITH (ADAM) Essays on Philosophical Subjects... to Which is Prefixed, an Account of the Life... of the Author; by Dugdald Stewart, edited by Joseph Black and James Hutton, Dublin, Wogan, Byrne [and others], 1795; The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 2 vol., contemporary half calf, Edinburgh, W. Creech, 1813--McCULLOCH (JOHN R.) The Principles of Political Economy, second edition, William Tait, 1830--PRIESTLEY (JOSEPH) A Free Discussion of the Doctrines of Materialism, and Philosophical Necessity, FIRST EDITION, without the half-title, bookplate of R. King Meade King, later half calf, J. Johnson 1778--BISSET (ROBERT) The Life of Edmund Burke 2 vol., second edition, engraved portrait, George Cawthorn, 1800--MILL (JOHN STUART Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philosophical and Historical, 2 vol., J.W. Parker 1859--BENTLEY (RICHARD) Eight Sermons Preach'd at the Honourable Robert Boyle's Lecture, in the Year, MDCXCII, fifth edition, bookplate of Lord Dinerben, Cambridge, Cornelius Crownfield, 1724--BOETHIUS. Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Philip Ridpath, with half-title, elaborately tooled spine, red morocco label (slight loss), upper joint splitting, C. Dilly, 1785--MONTESQUIEU (CHARLES DE SECONDAT, BARON DE) The Spirit of Laws, 2 vol., HANS SLOANE'S COPY with his bookplate in each volume and signed by him on title of volume one, spine rubbed at extremities and loss to one lettering label, J. Nourse, 1758--[CONDILLAC (ETIENNE BONNET DE)] Essai sur l'origine des connoissances humaines, 3 vol., Paris, Libraires Associés, 1777--PUFFENDORF (SAMUEL) The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature, B. Tooke, 1716--WARD (RICHARD) The Life of the Learned and Pious Dr. Henry More, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait, short index of names in an early hand inside upper cover, Joseph Downing, 1710--GASSENDI (PIERRE) Three Discourses of Happiness, Virtue and Liberty, half-title, spine fire-scorched, bookplate of Lord Lilford [ESTC R8129], A. and J. Churchill, 1699--FONTENELLE (BERNARD DE BOVIER DE) A Week's Conversation on the Plurality of Worlds... to Which is Added, Mr. Addison's Defence of the Newtonian Philosophy, engraved frontispiece, bookplate of Thomas Chandler Curties, upper cover near detached, A. Bettesworth, 1728, unless otherwise mentioned contemporary calf, all 8vo (20) Fußnoten Provenance: John W.N. Watkins (1924-1999), pencil ownership inscription (mostly 1950s) in most titles. Watkins was Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics from 1966 to 1989, and author of Hobbes's System of Ideas: A Study in the Political Significance of Philosophical Theories (1965); by descent to the present owner.