The miscellaneous works of Charles Blount, Esq; Containing I. The oracles of reason, &c. II. Anima mundi, or the opinions of the ancients concerning man's soul after this life, according to uninlightned nature. III. Great is Diana of the Ephesians, or the original of priestcraft and idolatry, and of the sacrifices of the gentiles. IV. An appeal from the country to the city for the preservation of his Majesties person, liberty and property, and the Protestant religion. V. A just vindication of learning, and of the liberty of the press. VI. A supposed dialogue betwixt the late King James and King William on the banks of the Boyne, the day before that famous victory. To which is prefixed the life of the author, and an account and vindication of his death. With the contents of the whole volume.
Charles Blount (1654-1693)
Category
Books
Date
1695
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3222469
Summary
Bibliographic description
[60], 228; 72, 85-133, [9], 45, [3], 37, [9], 27, [1] p. ; 12mo. Running number: 7506. Imperfect: wanting blank first leaf. Provenance: manuscript code on front fly-leaf: "T-t". Manuscript marginal annotations and underlining of text in ink and pencil in a scrawly eighteenth-century hand on pp. [27]-[37] of preface to 'The oracles of reason', on p. [49] of the contents, and on pp. 1-110 of the main text of 'The oracles of reason'. Binding: late seventeenth or eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf; sewn on three supports; four raised bands; gilt floral roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Charles Blount (1654-1693), author Charles Gildon (1665-1724) John Milton (1608-1674)