WATSON, Richard, 1737-1816 ] Bishop of Llandaff, Regius Professor, Cambridge. [ Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. ]. An apology for the Bible in a series of letters addressed to Thomas Paine, author of the Age of Reason. By Richard Watson. LONDON : 1796.. Printed for the Booksellers, London, 1796.

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Description: LONDON : 1796. [ 'Apology' first published; Cambridge, 1776.]. Hardback. Contemporary brown sheepskin-leather spine and corners. Gilt ruled to spine; not lettered. Marbled boards. Early owner name to head of title-page ’M. Elder, Banff’; no internal markings. Last two blanks also has contemporary hand; ‘Last Moments of Tom Paine ’. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear to boards and spine head. Strong and sound. GOOD. RICHARD WATSON (1737–1816) was an Anglican bishop and academic, who served as the Bishop of Llandaff from 1782 to 1816. He wrote some notable political pamphlets. In theology, he belonged to an influential group of followers of Edmund Law that included also John Hey and William Paley. Watson was born in Heversham, Westmorland (now Cumbria), and educated at Heversham Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge. An autobiography, Anecdotes of the life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff, was finished in 1814 and published posthumously in 1817. In the 19th century, it was rumoured that Watson had been the first to propose the electric telegraph, but this is incorrect. At the time William Watson (1715–1787) made researches in electricity, but even he was not involved in the telegraph. THOMAS PAINE (born Thomas Pain (1737-1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights. Born in Thetford, Norfolk, Paine emigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo; size approx; 5.5 x 8.5 inches. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]

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Paine, Thomas. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENGLISH SYSTEM OF FINANCE. Printed by John Page, No. 67 Mulberry Street, for Benjamin Franklin Bache, No. 112 High Street, Philadelphia, [PA], 1796.

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Description: 8vo. 22.5 cm. (2) 33pp., including half-title. Disbound. A number of American editions issued with no precedence established, preceded by French and English editions. EVANS 30945. KRESS B 3266.

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Paine, Thomas. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENGLISH SYSTEM OF FINANCE. John Page, Philadelphia, 1796.

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Description: [2],33pp. Half title. Dbd. Scattered foxing. Very good. Paine's vituperative essay on the decay of the British finance system. Evidently the first American edition, although there are three Philadelphia editions of 1796 and priority is uncertain. EVANS 30945. KRESS B3266.

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