THE PLEASURES OF CONTEMPLATION, BEING AN INVESTIGATION OF THE HARMONIES, BEAUTIES, AND BENEFITS OF NATURE; A JUSTIFICATION OF THE WAYS OF GOD TO MAN; AND A VINDICATION OF THE UNIFORMITY OF ETERNAL TRUTH, CONTRASTED WITH THE DEFORMITY OF POPULAR ERROR. SECOND EDITION. BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE PLEASURES OF DEATH." TO WHICH IS ADDED FIVE CAUSES OF POPULAR POVERTY, &C., &C. BY DR. BLATCHLY, OF N. YORK. THE WHOLE PARTICULAR INTENDED AS THE SECOND PART OF "RIGHTS OF GOD," FIFTH EDITION, PRINTED A.D. 1815.
Philadelphia: Published for S. Eastwick, 1818. 276pp, frontispiece illustration of waterspout at entrance of Cape Fear River [North Carolina]. Original calf, gilt lettered red morocco spine label [lettering faded]. Scattered foxing. Ownership stamp on front endpaper. Copies issued with the frontis are uncommon. Very Good. An important early American utopian..... More