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BURTHOGGE, RICHARD. An Essay on Reason, and the Nature of Spirits. [8], 280 pages, including initial blank. 8vo, 174x106 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, joints partly cracked; dark dampstaining in upper portion of contents through much of volume, scattered foxing. Bookplate of William Berrian; perforated stamp and rubberstamp of Meadville Theological School on title. London: John Dunton, 1694
first edition of an exposition of Burthogge's theory of knowledge. "There are interesting suggestions as to the nature of consciousness, leading into a somewhat Spinozistic, 'harmoniously' speculative panpsychism" (ODNB). Wing B6150.
