Collins, Anthony / Bentley, Richard / Edwards, John / Whiston, William / Goodwin, Timothy / Pointer, John / Dunton, John.

London 1713. (2),iii-vi,3-178 pp. Upper part of title replaced with handwritten text. Contents pages iii-iv with a brown stain in the text. Margins with some light stains. Bound with: Remarks Upon a late Discourse of Free-Thinking: in a Letter to F.H. D.D. by Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. [Richard Bentley] London, Printed for John Morphew, 1713. 56,59-85 pp. Complete despite the leap in the pagination. Title with minor ink-stain. Bound with: Remarks Upon a late Discourse of Free-Thinking: in a Letter to F.H. D.D. by Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. Part the Second. London, Printed for John Morphew and E. Curl, 1713. (4),82,(1 list of books) pp. Bound with: Some Brief Observations and Reflections on Mr. Whiston's late Writings, Falsly Entitul'd Primitive Christianity Reviv'd: Shewing, The Unreasonableness, Partiality, and Inconsistency, of his whole Performance; and that it no ways answers his Audacious Design of disproving the True and Proper Divinity of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. By John Edwards, D.D. London, Printed for J. Lawrence, and J. Wyat, and R. Robinson, 1712. (2),xiii,(1),67 pp. + Proposals For Printing by Subscription, Theologia Reformata: or, The Body or Substance of the Christian Religion, Comprised in Distinct Discourses or Treatises upon, I. The Apostles Creed (...) By John Edwards, D.D. (4) pp. Paper slightly browned towards the end. Title with old notation "Donum Summe Rev. Autoris". Bound with: Reasons For not Proceeding against Mr. Whiston, by The Court of Delegates. In a Letter to The Reverend Dr. Pelling, Rector of St. Ann's Westminster. Humbly offer'd to the Consideration of the Publick. By a Lover of Truth and True Religion. [William Whiston] London, Printed for A. Baldwin, 1713. 32 pp. Bound with: The Life and Character of That Eminent and Learned Prelate, The Late Dr. Edw. Stillingfleet, Lord Bishop of Worcester. Together With some Account of the Works He has publish'd. [by Timothy Goodwin] London, Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry and George Mortlock, 1710. 149,(3) pp. including engraved portrait. Last page is a list of books. Small stain on the title and a small spot in the text on pp. 57/58. A couple of cornerfolds. Pp. 121-128 and 145-end lightly brownspotted. Bound with: An Account of a Roman Pavement, Lately found at Stunsfield in Oxford-Shire, Prov'd to be 1400 Years Old. By John Pointer, M.A. Chaplain of Merton College in Oxford, and Rector of Slapton in Northampton-Shire. Oxford, Printed by Leonard Lichfield, for Anth. Peisley Bookseller: And are to be Sold by J. Morphew, 1713. Engraved plate "The Outlines of the Chief Figures on ye Pavement", (6),39,(1) pp. (pp. 25-32 mispaginated) Faint stain at lower edge on the last pages. Bound with: The Speech That was intended to have been Spoken by the Terrae-Filius, In the Theatre at O----d, July 13. 1713. Had not his Mouth been stopp'd by the V. Ch------r. London, Printed and sold by E. Smith, 1713. (8),30,(1 blank) pp. Title and half-title with some minor soiling. "Oxford" and "Chancelor" on title filled in by an early owner. Bound with: Britain's Alarm to all True Protestants. Shewing The great Danger we are in of a Popish Successor, and the Inevitable Ruin that will ensue thereupon to our Religion and Liberties; with suitable Means to prevent that Dreadful Judgment. By a Sincere Lover of the Protestant Religion, and the Protestant Succession in the Illustrious Family of Hanover. Printed at Edinburgh; and Reprinted at London; for A. Bell, (...) and Sold by J. Baker, 1714. 24 pp. Bound with: Neck or Nothing: In a Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord - Being a Supplement to the Short History of the Parliament. Also The New Scheme (mention'd in the foresaid History) which the English and Scotch Jacobites have concerted for bringing in the Pretender, Popery and Slavery. With the True Character or Secret History of the Present Ministry. Written by his Grace John Duke of -----. [John Dunton] London, Printed by T. Warner, 1713. 60 pp. Several masked/blank names or expressions in the printed text added in neat ink by an early owner (for example "the Lord T[reasurer] is as great a W[hore] m[aste]r as he is a T[rai]tor"). Title with some mended small tears and a note of the authorship in ink ("Autor est Dunton"). Last page with a couple of ink spots in lower margin. Page 50-60 with a small light stain in the text. Bound with: Churchill's Annals: Being A Compleat View of the Duke of Marlbrough's Life and, Glorious Actions, Both In the Field and Cabinet. London, Printed for S. Popping, 1714. (8),48 pp. Contemporary vellum. Edges red. Ffep. with some numbers in ink and an old list of contents. Rear board worn at upper edge. Vellum a bit dustsoiled and with an old number on spine. From the library of Michael Lilienthal with his engraved bookplate. 19,5 x 12,5 cm.

Interesting collection of ten english tracts printed 1712-1714, some of them relating to The Deist Controversy and several of them rare. Philosopher Anthony Collins (1676-1729) was a friend of John Locke and his influential Discourse of Freethinking is here in it's first edition, the repaired title page should be noted, but is neatly done and in a contemporary hand. The work of antiquary John Pointer (1668-1754) on the Roman pavement in Stonesfield, with the plate depicting Bacchus, is of importance as the pavement was destroyed already in 1724. Bookseller and author of many curious titles John Dunton (1659-1733) is perhaps best known as founder of The Athenian Society in 1691 and as publisher of the periodical The Athenian Mercury. Michael Lilienthal (1686-1750) was a german theologian, librarian, numismatist, publicist, and professor at the university of Rostock. His bookplate in this sammelband bears also the signature of his son Theodor Christoph Lilienthal (1717-1781).