Mar 09, 2017 - Sale 2438

Sale 2438 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 1,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
BERKELEY, GEORGE. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous. The Design of which is plainly to demonstrate the Reality and Perfection of Human Knowledge, the Incorporeal Nature of the Soul, and the Immediate Providence of a Deity: in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists . . . Second Edition [sic]. [10], 166 pages. 8vo, 192x114 mm, contemporary panelled calf gilt, front joint cracked, cords intact; contents clean. Bookplate of Samuel Blackwell. London: William and John Innys, 1725

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first edition, second issue, consisting of the sheets of the 1713 edition with a cancel title. "Berkeley's spokesman, Philonous, tries to convince Hylas that immaterialism is not only less skeptical than materialism, but more faithful to common sense" (DLB). Jessop (Berkeley) 82b.