[Rarebooks] FS: Cumberland's English translation of Maxwell's "Treatise on the Laws of Nature" London: 1727

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Cumberland, Richard. A TREATISE ON THE LAWS OF NATURE. Made English
 from the Latin by John Maxwell. To Which Is Prefix’d an Introduction
Concerning Mistaken Notions Which the Heathens Had of the Deity, and
the Defects in Their Morality, Whence the Usefulness of Revelation May
Appear. At the End Is Subjoin’d, an Appendix, Containing Two
Discourses... by the Translator. London: Printed by R. Phillips; and
Sold by J. Knapton et al. 1727. First edition. Lg. 4to. 4 parts in 1,
the first 3 with their own title-pages.
(28),clxviii,378;36;(37)-168;(24)xxviiipp. Index. Illus. with 2
engraved folding plates and a copper engraved armorial headpiece. Main
title page printed in red & black. Cont. blind tooled calf, a bit worn,
rebacked, red & brown morocco spine labels. Title-page lightly foxed
with some staining in blank margins (due to the glue used on the
pastedown). "Cumberland occupies an important place in English ethical
speculation" (DNB).	$1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)

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