A Discourse of the Several Dignities and Corruptions of Man's Nature Since the Fall

London: Printed for E. Curll..., 1720. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 198 x 110 mms., pp. xv [xvi blank], 146 [147 -152 blank],  HALES (John): A Discourse of the Several Dignities and Corruptions of Man's Nature Since the Fall. London: Printed for E. Curll..., 1720. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 198 x 110 mms., pp. xv [xvi blank], 146 [147 -152 blank], contemporary sheepskin, sympathaticallty rebacked to match old sheepskin, raised bands, red leather label; some slight staining in text, binding a bit scratched and knocked about, tear to front cover repaired, but a good to very good copy. [9713] £750 The name on the title-page is likely to be John Rumney (1703 - 1778), the father of the great eighteenth-century painter George Romney (1734 - 1802). A note in pencil in the hand of a previous owner, probably a bookseller, notes, "With Autoph of John Rommey son of Cold. Geo [Robinson] & bought at family sale in Norfolk." Another name in a later 18th century hand appears on the recto of the front free end-paper in pencil, "[? Ge W] Robinson." John Hales (1584 - 1656) did not publish this work in his lifetime, and this text is abridged from a work by Edward Reynolds (1599 - 1676), A Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul (1647). The index was compiled by L. Howel, and Curll edited the work, and provided the preface. John Hales (1584 - 1656) did not publish this work in his lifetime, and this text is abridged from a work by Edward Reynolds (1599 - 1676), A Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul (1647). The index was compiled by L. Howel, and Curll edited the work, and provided the preface.