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Click here to see our other books! Lectures On The Philosophy Of History Rev. Ezekiel Blomfield 1819 Black, Kingsbury, Parbury And Allen : London 10.5" by 8.5" [xvii] (12) 161pp. (9) SUMMARY A beautifully illustrated work regarding the natural history, complete with twelve hand coloured maps. Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Scarce Overall Condition: Good This book weighs 1 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 22.99 EU Postage : £ 16.99 European Postage: £ 17.99 Asia Postage: £ 22.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 28.99 DESCRIPTION Scarce. Collated complete with twelve full page hand coloured maps. The first edition of the work. Ezekiel Blomfield was a congregational minister, author and compiler of religious works and works on natural history. Blomfield was extremely interested in the phenomena of nature, first influenced by reading Evening At Home, a popular series of educational children's books by John Aikin. This final work by Blomfield contains a series of six lectures all relating to topics of 'the 'philosophy of history' which Blomfield describes in this work as relating to the development of humanity and their relationship with the world. In this sense, the work acts as an early work of sociological thought, but with a heavy influence from Blomfield's own religious belief. The work was published posthumously, a year after the death of Blomfield. CONDITION In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally a trifle rubbed with loss to the leather at the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Slight fading to the spine. Marks to the board. Slight loss to the rear board. Hinges strained and may detach with further handling. Ink inscriptions and ink stamp to front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with marginal age toning and the odd spot. Offsetting from plates. Evidence of previous repair to title page. Overall Condition: Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques