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Book/Printed Material The religion of nature delineated

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Title

  • The religion of nature delineated

Names

  • Wollaston, William, 1660-1724
  • Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, compositor
  • Palmer, Samuel, -1732, printer
  • Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by S. Palmer, and sold by B. Lintott ... [and 5 others], 1725.

Headings

  • -  Natural theology--Early works to 1800
  • -  Ethics--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Text in English. Bibliographical footnotes in English, Greek, Hebrew and Latin. Mottoes in Greek on t.p. by Plutarch and Plato.
  • -  Signed at end: William Wollaston.
  • -  Signatures: A² B-2E⁴.
  • -  Title vignette (printing press)
  • -  The edition upon which Benjamin Franklin worked as a compositor at S. Palmer's printing office shortly after his arrival in London on Dec. 24, 1724. Although referred to by Franklin as the second edition, it is really the third, as a privately printed edition of 1722 and a 1724 edition preceded it. Cf. Curtis Publishing Company. The collection of Franklin imprints ... 1918; Solly, E. "Benjamin Franklin, printer" in the Bibliographer, v. 3, p. 3-4.
  • -  NUC pre-1956 NW 0417543
  • -  LAC aaa 2018-12-20 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 219, [1] p. ; 25 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BL180 .W6 1725

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 42034126

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Chicago citation style:

Wollaston, William, Samuel Palmer, and Benjamin Franklin Collection. The Religion of Nature Delineated. composeds by Franklin, Benjamin, Ositor [London: Printed by S. Palmer, and sold by B. Lintott ... and 5 others, 1725] Web.. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/42034126/.

APA citation style:

Wollaston, W., Palmer, S. & Benjamin Franklin Collection. (1725) The Religion of Nature Delineated. Franklin, B., comp [London: Printed by S. Palmer, and sold by B. Lintott ... and 5 others] [Web.] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/42034126/.

MLA citation style:

Wollaston, William, Samuel Palmer, and Benjamin Franklin Collection. The Religion of Nature Delineated. comp by Franklin, Benjamin, Ositor [London: Printed by S. Palmer, and sold by B. Lintott ... and 5 others, 1725] Web.. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/42034126/>.