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Facsimile reprint of the 1763 edition. 8vo. [xxxii] + 268pp. Original maroon boards with gilt lettered spine, very good. ISBN 1855060558 US$10.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 384 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

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FIRST EDITION. ii, 148pp. 8vo. Sl. affected by damp. Later half maroon calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments; a little rubbed. Alston VI 490. ESTC T150278. BL, Glasgow & Oxford only in the UK; Harvard and NYPL only in U.S. Abraham Tucker, 1705-1774, was a philosopher, best known for The Light of Nature Pursued. This, his last book, was privately printed and is a plea for English to be written as it is spoken, providing fascinating insights to contemporary pronunciation, and occasionally verging on being a manifesto. Tucker went blind in 1771, and invented a machine to help himself write. His decision to write a book explicitly pairing letters with vocal sounds must surely be related to this event.…

Leather. Zustand: Fair. A set of five very scarce volumes by Abraham Tucker, under the pen name of Edward Search, in leather binding. Very important texts and all contemporary editions are extremely rare. As these were published separately they are usually seen individually and a five volume collection is highly unusal. The original work was seven volumes broken in to parts. Not special externally and would really benefit from the attentions of a good binder but we keep them here are entirely original. Bound and marked as an eight volume set, this collection comprises Volumes III (Volume II Part I- 1768), Volume V (Volume II part III-1768) Volume VI (Volume III Part I- 1778), Volume VI (IV Part II- 1777) and Volume VIII (Volume V Part III- 1777) The volumes are major works of eighteenth century philosophy and theology, anticipating utilitarianism and holding that "every man's satisfaction" is the ultimate end of any action. Contains the bookplate of one George Phillips to the pastedown of volume III. In calf binding with gilt detailing. Externally, there is wear to the boards, joints, extremities and backstrips, with tenderness to hinges. The front board is detached but present to the sixth volume and missing to the eighth. Internally, the pages are firmly bound but are somewhat spotted and age-toned, with some creasing. Overall: FAIR due to binding though internally presentable. Fair. None (illustrator). book.…

First edition of the prelude to Tucker's nine-volume magnum opus, The Light of Nature Pursued, which outlined a vast and idiosyncratic philosophical system, and which had a noted influence on his philosophical contemporaries. Tucker was an empiricist in the tradition of John Locke, holding that the mind begins as a blank slate. In his moral philosophy he proposed that our own satisfaction is the motive of our actions, and that the maximum satisfaction of this is the ultimate moral good. He can consequently be seen as an early precursor of utilitarianism. This work, published pseudonymously, was not well received by the critics. "The 1763 fragment was strongly criticized in the Monthly Review, to which Tucker provided a humorous reply, Man in Quest of Himself, under the new pseudonym Cuthbert Comment" (ODNB). The Light of Nature Pursued, however, enjoyed a high reputation from its first appearance, and was a noted influence on William Paley, Thomas Malthus, and James MacIntosh. ESTC T117455. Octavo (198 x 124 mm). Contemporary calf, double gilt fillet to bands and covers. Contemporary ownership inscription of James Drummond of Bridgend in ink to front free endpaper and in pencil to front pastedown; 18th-century note of author and their death date on title. Minor restoration at head of rear joint, short closed tear at fore edge of title neatly taped on verso, light finger soiling, ink splash to p. 153. A good copy.…

1 page 4to with integral address panel (Mr Bray, Gt Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London), Beachworth (Betchworth) Castle, 22 June 1774.    A letter from Tucker, written the year he finished his magnum opus, The Light of Nature Pursued (the first two volumes of which were published in 1768, the final, posthumously) and the year that he died.  It is likely that this letter was written either by his daughter or with the help of a mechanical contraption Tucker invented after going completely blind in 1771. His daughter Judith transcribed what remained to be written of The Light of Nature Pursued, learning Greek in order to do so, "like Milton's daughter" (Mildmay, xxii). A highly technical and rather eccentric text devoted to the relationship between sounds and letters, Vocal Sounds, was published as the work of Edward Search in 1773. This work emphasised the important differences between spoken and written language, and is of some importance in the history of language theory. (B. W. Young, ODNB biography of Tucker). Written from Betchworth Castle (near Dorking, where Tucker lived from 1927, and which is now an apparently haunted ruin); Tucker writes that is in "no way inconvenient" to "change the day of meeting of Smith's Trustees" to the 15th August. "Mr. Bray" is possibly William Bray, an antiquary and writer who was elected to the Society of Antiquaries in 1771. Four pinholes and one larger hole (contemporary), left margin, not affecting text. Otherwise very good. …