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Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)10
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Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847)2
Cumberland, Richard (1631-1718)2
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-16792
Barbeyrac, Jean1
Barbeyrac, Jean (1674-1744)1
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A philosophical enquiry into the laws of nature : wherein the essence, the principal heads, the order, the publication, and the obligation of these laws are deduced from the nature of things. Wherein also, the principles of Mr. Hobbes's philosophy... are examined into, and confuted

Cumberland, Richard (1631-1718); Towers, John (fl.1750); Powell, Samuel (fl.1726-d.1775)

1750

Subscribers' list: sig. a. Title-page dated 1750, but colophon (p. 597) gives date as June 24th, 1751. Oo3 (pp. 293-4) is a cancel. There is no leaf 3N4, but the pagination shows no gap (Pt. 2 end...

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Les loix de la nature, expliquées

Cumberland, Richard (1631-1718); Barbeyrac, Jean (1674-1744); Cumberland, Richard (1631-1718)

1757

Earlier edition has title: Traité philosophique des loix naturelles. Translation of: De legibus naturae disquisitio philosophica. Includes bibliographical references. References: Higgs, H. Bibl...

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On the power, wisdom and goodness of God : as manifested in the adaptation of external nature to the moral and intellectual constitution of man (v.1-2)

Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847)

1833

Half title: On the adaptation of external nature to the moral and intellectual constitution of man.

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The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England (v.1)

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Fittler, James (1758-1835)

1803

Frontispiece portrait engraved by James Fittler. Contents: v.1: Life of Francis Bacon. Philosophical works: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and moral. Sylva sylvarum; or A nat...

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The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England (v.2)

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Fittler, James (1758-1835)

1803

Frontispiece portrait engraved by James Fittler. Contents: v.1: Life of Francis Bacon. Philosophical works: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and moral. Sylva sylvarum; or A nat...

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The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England (v.3)

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Fittler, James (1758-1835)

1803

Frontispiece portrait engraved by James Fittler. Contents: v.1: Life of Francis Bacon. Philosophical works: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and moral. Sylva sylvarum; or A nat...

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The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England (v.4)

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Fittler, James (1758-1835)

1803

Frontispiece portrait engraved by James Fittler. Contents: v.1: Life of Francis Bacon. Philosophical works: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and moral. Sylva sylvarum; or A nat...

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The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England (v.5)

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Fittler, James (1758-1835)

1803

Frontispiece portrait engraved by James Fittler. Contents: v.1: Life of Francis Bacon. Philosophical works: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and moral. Sylva sylvarum; or A nat...

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The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England (v.6)

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Fittler, James (1758-1835)

1803

Frontispiece portrait engraved by James Fittler. Contents: v.1: Life of Francis Bacon. Philosophical works: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and moral. Sylva sylvarum; or A nat...

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The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England (v.7)

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Fittler, James (1758-1835)

1803

Frontispiece portrait engraved by James Fittler. Contents: v.1: Life of Francis Bacon. Philosophical works: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and moral. Sylva sylvarum; or A nat...

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