1682, Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions By .. John Wilkins, 1st, Rebind EX

Description: Fully titled, Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions By The Right Reverend Father In God, John Wilkins, D.D. and Late Lord Bishop of Chester.. FIRST EDITION (as noted on title page, "Never Before Published"), published in 1682 by London : Printed for Tho. Baffet, Ric Chiswell and Will. Rogers (from title page). ORIGINAL 1682 BOOK BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER. Leather spine titling on 4 raised bands leather, including the date of publication on the spine. Yellow endpapers, with a single free endpaper front and rear of book. The front free endpapers HAS A NICE HAND-SIGNED GIFT NOTE by some who acknowledged "Bishop of Chester's compliments.." dated March 23, 1914, and with the header, "The Palace, Chester". The book itself is in VERY NICE CONDITION for a 1682 book, with a previous owner name inked on top of title page, and with some penciling in the date on bottom of the page (could be erased). No further marks in 478 clean and solidly bound pages, with variation a bit on the foxing overlain onto the text, but no loss of text. QUITE A NICE REBOUND COPY! On John Wilkins, D.D. from the internet: "John Wilkins (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, writer, and one of the founders of the Royal Society. He served as bishop of Chester from his 1668 until his death. Wilkins is one of the few people to have been Chancellor of both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Although he was a polymath, he was not one of the most important scientific innovators of his time. His personal qualities were evident to his contemporaries, manifested in the de-escalation of political tensions during the Oxford Intercession, the founding of the bipartisan Royal Society, and his outreach to Protestant Dissenters. He was one of the founders of a new natural theology compatible with the science of his time. He is known, among other things, for his Essay on the Character of Reality and the Philosophical Language (1668), in which he proposed a universal language and an integrated system of measurement similar to the metric system. Wilkins lived in a time of great political and religious controversy, yet managed to maintain partnerships with people of all political affiliations. He was key in leading the Church of England on a path toward understanding as many denominations as possible and "tolerance of other denominations". Gilbert Burnett called him "the wisest clergyman I ever knew. He loved mankind and took pleasure in doing good." His stepdaughter married John Tillotson, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1691." Cliff's Books B96

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