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Record Nr.

UNISA996388912203316

Autore

Blount Charles <1654-1693.>

Titolo

The miscellaneous works of Charles Blount, Esq. .. [[electronic resource] ] : to which is prefixed the life of the author, and an account and vindication of his death : with the contents of the whole volume

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : s.n.], 1695

Descrizione fisica

6 pts

Altri autori (Persone)

MiltonJohn <1608-1674.>

GildonCharles <1665-1724.>

Soggetti

Rationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Life of the author signed: Lindamour, Charles Gildon's pseudonym.

Place of publication from Wing.

Parts 1-5 have special title pages; pts. 5-6 paged continuously.

"In 1695 [Charles Gildon] published the Miscellaneous works of the deist, Charles Blount ... and in a preface signed Lindamour defended the practice of suicide"--DNB.

Part 5, "A just vindication of learning" follows Milton's Areopagitica closely in parts. Cf. DNB.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Nota di contenuto

(from t.p.) I. The oracles of reason (1693) -- II. Anima mundi (1679) -- III. Great is Diana of the Ephesians, or, the original of priestcraft and  idolatry (1695) -- IV. An appeal from the country to the city (1695) -- V. A just vindication of learning and the liberty of the press (1695) -- VI. A supposed dialogue betwixt the late King James and King William.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113