Half-leather boards with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing and edge wear to boards and spine. Binding firm. Ex-libris bookplate and signatures to front free end page. Pages are toned but are otherwise in very good order.
Charles Daly, London: 1840
Synopsis: William Paley (1743-1805) was an English Anglican clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian. He is remembered for his argument for the existence of God through natural theology, using the watchmaker analogy, in his work Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, which is included in this volume. This volume of the works of Paley contains 'A View of the Evidences of Christianity' in three parts, 'Moral and Political Philosophy', 'Natural Theology; or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity