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2 volumes. [12], 350; [8], 358 pp. Copper-engraved vignettes on title-pages. (8vo) 7½x4½, modern full morocco, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands. First Edition.

Bishop Berkeley's spirited defence of Christianity against free-thinkers, actually written during his stay in Newport, Rhode Island. It ranks among his most elegantly written works and attracted far more attention than his previoius publications. Pages [211]-358 in Vol. II comprise Berkleley's "An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision. First published in the Year M DCC IX." Ink inscription to top of title-page of Vol. I: "By Bishop Berkeley Bishop of Cloyne."