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BERKELEY, George.
Research into the virtues of tar water, together with Philosophical Reflections on various other subjects… With two letters from the author.
Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1745.
In 8°. Full contemporary binding in marbled sheepskin. Ribbed spine, decorated with gilt metalwork and fleurons. 343 pages.
24 pp., 343 pp. First French edition, partly original, of Berkeley’s work, which appeared in English under the title ‘Siris’. This French edition has been expanded to include the additions and corrections communicated by G. Berkeley to M. Bouillier before he undertook his translation.
Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, devotes part of his work to fire and light, in which he discusses the cult of Isis and fate. He refers to the works of Galileo and Newton and speaks out against mechanical philosophy.
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