Philosophical and scriptural inquiries into the nature and consitiution of mankind, considered only as rational beings. Wherein the antient opinion asserting the human soul to be an immaterial ... substance, is found to be ... false and erroneous, ... Authore J.R. MI. The philosophic, or first part.

London : printed in the year, 1757

HSP in LCP.

Benjamin Franklin's copy.

Bound with Inquiry concerning faith, q.v.; number 7 in table of contents; item 6 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin’s hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801– 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (79); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner. Provenance

Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator. Provenance

Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner. Provenance

Dufief, N. G. (Nicolas Gouin), 1776?-1834, bookseller. Provenance

Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner. Provenance

ENG. London. 1757. Imprint

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