Recte Vivendi Ratio; Seu Moralis Philosophiae Compendium:.
Bound in early calf, raised bands lined gilt and gilt borders to boards. Calf worn and top and bottom of spine frayed with slight splits at joints. Crisp interior. Ten line ink comment on verso of front free endpaper.
£150.00
Details
PHILOSOPHICAL WORK BY DR. JOHNSON'S PUBLISHER
Publisher
Impensis J. Buckland, ad insigne Cervi, in vico vulgo dicto, Pater-Noster Row, Londini [Printed by William Strahan].,
Date
1754
Synopsis
Opus hoc vere aureum, nuper anglice in lucem editum, nunc latino carmine reddidit nathaniel ball, scholae chelmsfordiensis archididasculus. [a translation of the oeconomy of human life, part 1, by robert dodsley].
Item Description
First edition. 8vo. 4 x 6.25 inches. [4] + iv + 88 pp. A-A3, B-M4. With list of subscribers. Text in Latin.
Notes
Robert Dodsley (1703-1764) gave up his intended career as a stocking-weaver in Mansfield and, entering service as a footman, soon found himself in touch with well-connected literary circles in London. After early works with titles like Servitude and A Muse in Livery and with the support of wealthy patrons, he was able to set himself up as a bookseller in Pall Mall. He wrote several plays, founded periodicals, edited two collections of plays and poems and published both Pope and Johnson, encouraging the latter to write his Dictionary and helping to publish it in 1755. The Oeconomy of Human Life first appeared in 1750-51 and became one of the best-selling books of the century, being translated into five languages and published in Edinburgh, Dublin, Boston and Philadelphia.
This is the Latin version, translated by Nathaniel Ball, a clergyman from Chelmsford, of whom little is known, other than his output of seven sermons published, 1745-59.
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