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A collection of several pieces of Mr. John Toland : now first publish'd from his original manuscripts : with some memoirs of his life and writings (v.2)

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Title: A collection of several pieces of Mr. John Toland : now first publish'd from his original manuscripts : with some memoirs of his life and writings (v.2)

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Classmark: English J-20/TOL

Creator(s): Toland, John (1670-1722)

Additional creator(s): Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745) (Other)

Related people: Toland, John, 1670-1722; Desmaizeaux, Pierre

Publisher: J. Peele

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1726

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 v

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/188963

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008810089705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

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Reprinted in 1747 under title: The miscellaneous works of Mr. John Toland, now first published from his original manuscripts... To the whole is prefixed a copious account of Mr. Toland's life and writings. By Mr. Des Maizeaux.


Contents: v. 1. The life of Mr. Toland [by Desmaizeaux]. The history of the Druids. Cicero illustratus. De inventione typographiae. De Jordano Bruno. Jordano Bruno's Innumerable worlds. Books ascribed to the apostles, &c. Secret history of the South-sea scheme. The scheme of a national bank -- v. 2. The Roman education. The breeding of children. The behaviour of married women. The death of Atilius Regulus. Some letters of Pliny [translated into English] A description of Epsom. The constitution of the Christian church. A project of a journal. A memorial. Physic without physicians. Letters. Of the immateriality of the soul [by Benjamin Bayly] Critical remarks on Mr. Toland's Nazarenus. G. G. Leibnitii Annotatiunculae, &c.

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