The Life of The Learned and Pious Dr. Henry More, Late Fellow of Christ's College in Cambridge. To which are annex'd Dives of his Useful and Excellent Letters.

MORE (Henry). WARD (Richard)

Published by London Printed and Sold by Joseph Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1710

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FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 174 x 113 mms., pp. [xxiv], 362 [363 - 366 index, 337 - 338 adverts], fine engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, red leather label. A very good to fine copy. The philosopher, poet, and theologian, Henry More (1614 - 1687) was one of England's most eminent philosophers and the most productive of the Cambridge Platonists. He was closely associated with Joseph Glanvill (1636 - 1680) and he edited Sadducismus Triumphatus, the books by which Glanvill is best-known, in 1681. The philosophers Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway and Killultagh (1631 1679) was introduced by her brother, John Finch, to More, and he agreed to become one of her tutors. As a woman, she was not allowed to attend a university, so More tutored her by correspondence: "his early tutorial relationship, which commenced in 1650, subsequently blossomed into a lifelong friendship which afforded Anne intellectual companionship unmatched for a woman of her generation" (ODNB). Seller Inventory # 9816

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Title: The Life of The Learned and Pious Dr. Henry ...

Publisher: London Printed and Sold by Joseph Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield

Publication Date: 1710

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition