Description: A Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil in Six Letters to - To Which Added, A Preface, and Some Explanatory Notes, Soame Jenyns, Re-printed and Sold by John W. Folsom, 1795, 190 pp, full leather, 16mo. In fair condition. Front board detached. Spine cracked, creased. Boards show wear with scuffing and pitting. Edge red rot. Charles Burroughs bookplate on front paste down. Offsetting on fly leaves. “George Burroughs” in old hand on front title page. Text block is toned with light foxing. Free of marginalia. Binding is intact. Please see photos. The very scarce first American edition of the second edition of this work, which included the author’s response to the critical reception of the first edition. Owned by George Burrough’s who was a rector of St. John’s Church from 1812-1857. He also served as president of the Athenauem for more than forty years. He was a trustee for more than 30 years (many as president) of Phillips Exeter Academy, and held many other positions of trust and eminence. RAREA1795DIKG
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Year Printed: 1795
Topic: Christianity
Binding: Leather
Author: Shame Jenyns
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: John W. Folsom
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
