An Appeal to Common Sense in Behalf of Religion
first edition Hardcover
1766 · Edinburgh
by [Oswald, James]
Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1766. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Two volumes. Contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label in second compartment (5 gilt-ruled raised bands); 8vo; pp. viii, 390, [2] (errata, ads). pp. xii, 388. Boards a bit scuffed; corners lightly bumped. Rear board detached in volume two. First and last few leaves a little tanned and brittle along the edges, with some light chipping on FFEP; bookplate and withdrawal stamp of Bowdoin College Library on front paste-downs.
First edition of Oswald's "Appeal," in which he proposes that "Common sense perceives and pronounces upon all primary truths with the same indubitable certainty with which we perceive and pronounce on objects of sense by our bodily organs," and then goes on to attack a variety of skeptical and anti-religious themes within Hume's writings and those of other notable Scottish philosophers. (Inventory #: JC14352)
First edition of Oswald's "Appeal," in which he proposes that "Common sense perceives and pronounces upon all primary truths with the same indubitable certainty with which we perceive and pronounce on objects of sense by our bodily organs," and then goes on to attack a variety of skeptical and anti-religious themes within Hume's writings and those of other notable Scottish philosophers. (Inventory #: JC14352)