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Glanvill, Joseph (1636-1680) Scepsis Scientifica: or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing.
London: Printed by E. Cotes for Henry Eversden, 1665.
First edition of an expanded version of Glanvill's 1661 treatise on skepticism, The Vanity of Dogmatizing, published in response to a 1663 rebuttal of the original work by the Catholic priest and Aristotelian philosopher Thomas White; quarto, bound in modern buckram, title page with marginal paper reinforcement on verso; lacking the longitudinal half-title, engraved coat of arms of the Royal Society printed at the head of the dedication; this copy does not include the section titled Scirei Tuum Nihil Est, originally issued with the Scepsis, 7 3/4 x 6 in.
