Paraclesis; or, consolations deduced from Natural and Revealed Religion

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8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. [8], xxi, [1], 357 (p. 116 called 17), [3] (blank). Calf. Tooled gilded spine. Each part has a divisional title page. Plate and signature of Montgomery. Contains three dissertations: Consolation from natural religion By M.T. Cicero; rendered into English by Thomas Blacklock; Revealed religion proper consolation of human life By Thomas Blacklock; A letter to a friend [by Thomas Blacklock]. The first part is a translation of Sigonio’s ‘Ciceronian’ Consolatio, with an introductory essay urging its authenticity. See Bib# 4102812/Fr# 284 in this collection for the 1583 Bologna edition of Sigonio’s notorious forgery of Cicero, which revealed Carlo Sigonio’s ‘editorship’ of the Consolatio. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.