May 05, 2022 - Sale 2603
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Sale 2603 - Lot 5

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[Economics] Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832)
The Book of Fallacies: from Unfinished Papers.

London: Published by John & H.L. Hunt, 1824.

First edition, octavo, 411 pages; bound in full contemporary gilt-ruled calf, gilt-tooled spine with label, joints rubbed, contents with some light spotting, generally good; ex libris international lawyer and advisor to the British delegations on the Reparations Commission established by the Treaty of Versailles Sir John Fischer Williams (1870-1947) with his bookplate on ffep, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

Bentham targeted political fallacies in this work. His attack on the action of the despot in government is strongly worded. The chapter headings speak for themselves: Vituperative Personalities (ad odium); Hobgoblin Argument, or, 'No Innovation!'; Official Malefactor's Screen, 'Attack us, you attack Government,'; Accusation-scarer's Device, 'Infamy must attach somewhere,' Impostor Terms, Vague Generalities, and Fallacy of Artful Diversion. These are just a sample.

[Together with] Bentham's Defence of Economy against the Right Hon. George Rose, London: [no printer], 1817, first edition, octavo pamphlet, 284-332 pages, disbound, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
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