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BERKELEY, George (1685-1753). A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. Dublin: Aaron Rhames for Jeremy Pepyat, 1710.
Part I (all published), 8° (200 x 122mm). (Lacking final blank Ee4, somewhat browned, more heavily at beginning and end.) Contemporary panelled calf (neatly rebacked, old spine laid down). Provenance: D.Durel (David Durrell? 1728-1775, signature, note of purchase price); George Goyder (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF BISHOP BERKELEY'S MOST IMPORTANT WORK, in which he 'sought to establish his doctrine of immaterialism as the basis of religious belief' (Keynes p.14). This work was not given the reception it deserved: those who had not read it dismissing it on the grounds that they could not believe in the non-existence of matter. Undeterred Berkeley continued to develop his ideas, and one of the first to recognise Berkeley's worth was David Hume. ESTC 77986; Keynes 5; PMM176.
Part I (all published), 8° (200 x 122mm). (Lacking final blank Ee4, somewhat browned, more heavily at beginning and end.) Contemporary panelled calf (neatly rebacked, old spine laid down). Provenance: D.Durel (David Durrell? 1728-1775, signature, note of purchase price); George Goyder (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF BISHOP BERKELEY'S MOST IMPORTANT WORK, in which he 'sought to establish his doctrine of immaterialism as the basis of religious belief' (Keynes p.14). This work was not given the reception it deserved: those who had not read it dismissing it on the grounds that they could not believe in the non-existence of matter. Undeterred Berkeley continued to develop his ideas, and one of the first to recognise Berkeley's worth was David Hume. ESTC 77986; Keynes 5; PMM176.