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BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832). Chrestomathia: being a Collection of Papers, explanatory of the Design of an Institution, proposed to be set on foot, under the name of the Chrestomatic Day School or Chrestomatic School. London: Payne and Foss, and R. Hunter, 1816-1817. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (213 x 133mm). Half-title, 5 folding letterpress tables. (Small marginal stain in I1-I3, occasional very light spotting.) Contemporary panelled green calf with large blind-stamped border (spine and part of covers darkened, front joints cracked but cords firmly holding, some rubbing and scuffing). First published in 1815. Goldsmiths' 21357.
BENTHAM, J. The Rationale of Reward. London: John and H.L. Hunt, 1825. 8° (219 x 137mm). (Light browning throughout, spotting at beginning and end, last few margins lightly waterstained.) Contemporary cloth, paper label on spine (quite rubbed, label partly torn away, front hinges starting to detach, stitching weak). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, originally published in 1811 as part of Théorie des peines et des récompenses. Goldsmiths' 24656; Kress C.1376.
BENTHAM, J. The Rationale of Reward. London: John and H.L. Hunt, 1825. 8° (219 x 137mm). (Light browning throughout, spotting at beginning and end, last few margins lightly waterstained.) Contemporary cloth, paper label on spine (quite rubbed, label partly torn away, front hinges starting to detach, stitching weak). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, originally published in 1811 as part of Théorie des peines et des récompenses. Goldsmiths' 24656; Kress C.1376.