Self-Knowledge. A Treatise Shewing The Nature and Benefit Of that Important Science And The Way to Attain it. Intermixed with Various Reflections and Observations on Human Nature By John Mason ~~ Serious Enquiries or, Important Questions Relative To This Life and That Which is To Come By Charles Buck ~~ Reflections on Mortality; Occasioned by The Death of the Rev. Thomas Spencer Who Was Drowned Whilst Bathing at Liverpool, Aug. 5 1811 By Charles Buck

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[Self Knowledge Treatise] London: Printed for James Buckland, 1784, Eleventh Edition; [Serious Enquiries] London: Printed by W Heney, 1811, assumed First Edition; [Reflections on Mortality] London: Printed by W Heney, 1811, assumed First Edition. Three Books Bound as One: Self-Knowledge. A Treatise Shewing the Nature and Benefit of that Important Science, and the Way to Attain it. Intermixed with Various Reflections and Observations on Human Nature. By John Mason. Together with: Serious Enquiries or, Important Questions relative To this Life and That Which is To Come by Charles Buck. Together with: Reflections on Mortality; Occasioned by The Death of the Rev. Thomas Sepncer who was drowned whilst bathing at Liverpool, Aug.5 1811 by Charles Buck. Mason s 'Treatise on Self-Knowledge' "quickly became one of the most popular works of moral advice and self-help of its time, with a popular appeal that lasted into the following century. By 1836 it had gone through more than twenty editions, both in Britain and America, and had been translated into Welsh and several European languages.". A Treatise, Part I, xxi, 137pp; A Treatise, Part II, 138 172pp; A Treatise, Part III, 173 228pp; Serious Enquiries vi, 136pp; Reflections on Mortality 40pp Approximately 7 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles on red label, 4 raised gilt decorated bands separating 5 compartments each of which have blind tooled edges, gently worn top and tail, slightly faded, scratched and marked. Joints good condition gently worn with some flaking to the leather. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition half green leather, marbled boards separated by blind tooled rule, the top and bottom corners of the front board with signs of wear/rubbing. Page edges good condition all speckled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound, intact. Paste downs good condition plain, the front paste down has an Armorial bookplate. End papers good condition plain with some foxing to the corners. Title good condition tanned and foxed. Pages good condition b/w frontispiece, tanned and foxed throughout. Binding good condition sound. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1784 and 1811 Binding: Hardback. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1567856494858

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