A General Treatise of Morality, Form'd upon the Principles of Natural Reason only. With a Preface in Answer to two Essays lately published in the Fable of the Bees. And some incidental Remarks upon an Inquiry concerning Virtue, by the Right Honourable Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury. London: printed for S. Billingsley, 1724.

FIDDES, Richard

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First edition of a work by Richard Fiddes (1671-1725), rector of Hailsham in Holderness, Yorkshire. 'Written against Shaftesbury's Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Mandeville's Fable of the Bees, and displaying marked sympathy with the works of Malebranche and Norris of Bemerton, this book was a notable defence of revelation against the claims of natural religion' (ODNB). PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 8vo, [x], cxxviii, cxxxix-cxliv, [ii], 462 pp., contemporary calf with double gilt fillet, spine rubbed and with nicks at head and foot, a few scrapes to covers, internally fresh and unbrowned, a very good copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1651676563134

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Title: A General Treatise of Morality, Form'd upon ...

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