Letters concerning mind. To which is added, a sketch of universal arithmetic ; comprehending the differential calculus, and the doctrine of fluxions; [with] Remarks on letters concerning mind by John Petvin; [with] A summary view of the soul's perceptive faculties ; and also of dialectic or logic: introductory to The theory of mind [3 works bound in 1 volume]
Printed for John and James Rivington, 1750. First Edition. Leather Binding. Fine. Item #606180
3 works by Petvin, bound together in one volume. 'Remarks on letters concerning mind' was issued by John and James Rivington in 1752; 'A summary view of the soul's perceptive faculties ; and also of dialectic or logic: introductory to The theory of mind.' by J. Rivington, 1767. A fine copy in modern full brown Cambridge-style calf by Mark Valentin, spine with red morocco label and elaborate gilt tooling, marbled endpapers (some foxing and browning; pages 163-174 bound out of order; two small ink stamps on blank at front and title of Linacre College, Oxford). Petvin (1691-1745), scholar, author and curate. Coleridge was a fan of this body of work.
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