Book - Dissertations on the Prophecies
Newton, Thomas. Dissertations on the Prophecies, which have remarkably been fulfilled, and at this time are fulfilling in the world ... In Two Volumes. Volume II. The Tenth Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for R. Morison and Son, Booksellers, Perth. 1793.
1793 (Date published)
Newton, Thomas. Dissertations on the Prophecies, which have remarkably been fulfilled, and at this time are fulfilling in the world ... In Two Volumes. Volume II. The Tenth Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for R. Morison and Son, Booksellers, Perth. 1793.
12mo (175 x 97mm) in half-sheets, pp. xxiv, 400, 32 pp. index in rear. Bound in contemporary sheep, spine gilt in compartments with black morocco lettering-piece. Fleur-de-lis watermark visible on leaf H6 (pp. 371-2). Early ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper recto.
Second volume only of the tenth edition of Thomas Newton's Dissertations on the Prophecies. Newton (1704-1782; no relation to Isaac) was an English scholar who served as the Bishop of Bristol from 1761 to 1782. The present book was a massive undertaking of religious scholarship, but he is remembered chiefly today for his annotations on Milton's Paradise Lost.
This copy was owned by the Rev. Erastus Scranton (1877-1861), as we can see from the inscription on the front free endpaper: "E. Scranton's Property. July 10th 1801". He has annotated the text, but only sparingly, such as on page 71 ("Good") or on page 382 ("!!!").
12mo (175 x 97mm) in half-sheets, pp. xxiv, 400, 32 pp. index in rear. Bound in contemporary sheep, spine gilt in compartments with black morocco lettering-piece. Fleur-de-lis watermark visible on leaf H6 (pp. 371-2). Early ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper recto.
Second volume only of the tenth edition of Thomas Newton's Dissertations on the Prophecies. Newton (1704-1782; no relation to Isaac) was an English scholar who served as the Bishop of Bristol from 1761 to 1782. The present book was a massive undertaking of religious scholarship, but he is remembered chiefly today for his annotations on Milton's Paradise Lost.
This copy was owned by the Rev. Erastus Scranton (1877-1861), as we can see from the inscription on the front free endpaper: "E. Scranton's Property. July 10th 1801". He has annotated the text, but only sparingly, such as on page 71 ("Good") or on page 382 ("!!!").
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