Record ID:
268221
Accession number:
MA 1031
Credit:
Gift of Mrs. Crosby, 1925.
Description:
1 item (ca. 309 p.) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Manuscript is dated "Finis solius Operis. Septr. 3, 1749" on p. 273.
Summary:
230 lectures in ten parts, which begin with the faculties of the human mind, continue with natural religion (the being of God, the nature of moral virtue, and the immortality of the soul), then turn to the evidences for revelation, and conclude with Christian doctrine. Manuscript is written entirely in shorthand, and the text of the lectures is preceded by a preface and is followed by an index (partially in a second hand), and an additional 27 p. of 23 academical lectures.
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (22.4 cm)
Binding:
Brown leather, gold tooled border; modern reback.
Provenance:
Bookplate of Crosby: "Spes mia supra."
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