Bentley (Richard), The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism...

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£200 - £300

Bentley (Richard), The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism [...], eight parts, first collected edition of the inaugural Boyle Lecture, London: Printed by J.H. for H. Mortlock, 1693, black-ruled general and divisional titles, contemporary two-tone speckled calf, tooled in blind, the spine blocked in gilt with an armorial crest, split, chipped and worn, ffep loose, otherwise holding, red speckled edges, 4to, [Wing B1930; Bartholomew p. 6]; Wotton (William) & Bentley (Richard), Reflections Upon Ancient and Modern Learning [...], Also, A Dissertation Upon the Epistles of Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides, &c. and the Fables of Aesop, two parts, third edition, London: Printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1725, general and black-ruled divisional title, contemporary speckled calf, panelled in blind, red speckled edges, 8vo; Spinoza's Legacy: Bentley (Richard) & Lulofs (Johan), De dwaasheid en onredelijkheid der Godverzakinge, Amsterdam: By Adriaan Wor, et al, 1741, rubricated title with engraved vignette, contemporary spanish calf gilt, split and somewhat bowed, 4to; Reresby (Tamworth), A Miscellany of Ingenious Thoughts and Reflections, in Verse and Prose, presentation copy from the author: inscribed ffep dated Aug:st 14th 1721, first edition, London: Printed by H. Meere, in Black-Fryers (sic), for the Author, 1721, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked preserving most of the original spine, later label, red speckled edges, 4to, (4)

Provenance: 1st: 1) George Baillie (1664-1738), of Mellerstain House, near Kelso, Scottish and subsequently British MP, sometime Lord Commissioner of the Treasury; title with his manuscript ownership inscription, his binding - supralibros to spine (Toronto, British Armorial Bindings, Stamp 5), pastedown with his 1724 armorial bookplate engraved by A. Johnston,  and his MS shelf numbering; 2) Professor Sir William Paton CBE, FRS (1917-1993), pharmacologist and vivisection activist; supplied by Dawsons of Pall Mall, loosely-inserted TLS from the booksellers, dated November 1968, the ffep with his ownership inscription. 4th: 1) Indistinct author's presentation inscription; 2) St. Andrew Ward Esq:re, of Hooton Pagnell, South Yorkshire; his engraved book label, c. 1775.