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Baskerville Press Shaftesbury's Characteristicks

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Title: Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
Author: Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl
Description: 3 volumes. [6], 364; 443; [4], 410, [50] index pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece portrait; 1 engraved general title-page and 3 engraved volume title-pages; a few headpieces within. 9x5½, contemporary half morocco with raised bands, marbled boards, gilt stamped morocco spine labels. all edges red. First Baskerville Edition, Fifth Edition overall.The major work by Shaftesbury, his famous Characteristics, first published in 1711 and revised by him before his death two years later. Many aspects of moral philosophy, pertaining to right and wrong and man's ability to distinguish the two. Gaskell 49.
Heading: Place Published: Birmingham
Publisher: John Baskerville
Date Published: 1727