Item #WRCLIT65696 SIRIS: A CHAIN OF PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS AND INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE VIRTUES OF TAR WATER, AND DIVERSE OTHER SUBJECTS CONNECTED TOGETHER AND ARISING ONE FROM ANOTHER ... A NEW EDITION ... Dublin Printed, London Re- printed: For W. Innys, and C. Hitch ..., 1744 [bound with:] Prior, Thomas: AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE SUCCESS OF TAR-WATER, IN CURING A GREAT NUMBER AND VARIETY OF DISTEMPERS; WITH REMARKS , AND OCCASIONAL PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE SUBJECT. TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED TWO LETTERS FROM THE AUTHOR OF SIRIS, SHEWING THE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF TAR-WATER, AND THE BEST MANNER OF MAKING IT. George Berkeley.

SIRIS: A CHAIN OF PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS AND INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE VIRTUES OF TAR WATER, AND DIVERSE OTHER SUBJECTS CONNECTED TOGETHER AND ARISING ONE FROM ANOTHER ... A NEW EDITION ... Dublin Printed, London Re- printed: For W. Innys, and C. Hitch ..., 1744 [bound with:] Prior, Thomas: AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE SUCCESS OF TAR-WATER, IN CURING A GREAT NUMBER AND VARIETY OF DISTEMPERS; WITH REMARKS , AND OCCASIONAL PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE SUBJECT. TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED TWO LETTERS FROM THE AUTHOR OF SIRIS, SHEWING THE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF TAR-WATER, AND THE BEST MANNER OF MAKING IT.

Dublin Printed, London Re-printed: For W. Innys, C. Hitch, and M. Cooper ... 1746. 174,[2]; [4],[5]-88pp. Octavo. Modern half-calf and marbled boards. Faint blindstamp and ink shelf number (the latter on verso of title) of The Library of the Society for the Home Study of Holy Scripture and Church History, first title leaf a trace foxed, otherwise a very good copy. Item #WRCLIT65696

New (i.e. Third London) edition of the first title, Keynes's variant A1b with "A Letter to T.P. ..." on the verso of the title. This copy has p. 160 misnumbered '610'. The second title is also a "New Edition" (i.e. the second London edition), and exhibits Keynes's second (corrected) state of the title leaf: 'Holbourn'. Berkeley first noticed the use of tar-infused water during his residence in America, and although cautious in his initial conclusions, he soon became an advocate of its use as an economical aid for the betterment of the health of the Irish people. Although by no means wanting in exposition of Berkeley's larger philosophical considerations, the practical aspects of SIRIS led to its being his most popular work, and the investigation of tar-water generated a significant body of pamphlet literature in response (well delineated by Keynes), among which Prior's work is one of the most significant. ESTC cites Bowyer's ledger in reporting the edition of the first title consisted of 1000 copies and that of the second title 2000 copies. KEYNES (BERKELEY) 68 & 104. ESTC T45794 & T125698.

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