Observations on man, his frame, his duty, and his expectations. In two parts / by David Hartley ... ; to which are now added, notes and additions to the second part; translated from the German of the Rev. Herman Andrew Pistorius, Rector of Poseritz in the Island of Rugen. Also a sketch of the life and character, and a head of the author.

  • Hartley, David, 1705-1757.
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791]
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Publication/Creation

London : Printed for J. Johnson, no. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard, MDCCXCI [1791]

Physical description

3 volumes in 1 (756 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : frontispiece portrait ; (4to)

References note

Keynes, G. Blake 105
Bentley, G.E. Blake books 464A
Lowndes (1864 ed.) II, p. 1007
ESTC N10801

Notes

[Part 3] has added t.p.: Notes and additions to Dr. Hartley's Observations on man: / by Herman Andrew Pistorius, Rector of Poseritz in the Island of Rugen. Translated from the German original, printed at Rostock and Leipsig in MDCCLXXII. London : Printed for J. Johnson St. Paul's Churchyard, MDCCXCI
"A sketch of the life and character of the Author, written by his son David Hartley, Esq. is prefixed to the volume" [Pt. I.]--Bookseller's advertisement, p. [iii] (1st group)
Engraved portrait is lettered: "David Hartley, M.A. From a painting by Shackelton. Blake sc. Published by J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-yard, March 1st. 1791"
"Reprinted from the Author's Edition in 1749"
Part 1: [4], viii, [iii]-xx, iii, [1], 303, [1]; pt. 2: [305]-574; [pt. 3]: vi, [575]-756, [8]
"Errata": p. [763]
Includes index

Contents

(from t.p.) Pt. I. Containing observations on the frame of the human body and mind, and on their mutual connexions and influences -- Pt. II. Containing observations on the duty and expectations of mankind -- [Pt. III.] Notes and additions to the second part ... / Herman Andrew Pistorius -- A sketch [p. [i]-viii (1st group)] of the life and character.

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