An alphabetical index by subjects to the 1st edition (1736) of bp. Joseph Butler's Analogy of Religion, made by dr. Edward Bentham
An alphabetical index by subjects to the 1st edition (1736) of bp. Joseph Butler's Analogy of Religion, made by dr. Edward Bentham, with three pages of corrections and additions by bp. Butler (fol. 33).
On fol. 34v is a pencil note (early 19th century ?): 'These corrections are in the handwriting of the incomparable author, & were communicated by him to Dr. Bentham by whom this Index was drawn out. Th. B.'
Dates
- Creation: written in about A.D. 1740 by E. Bentham
Extent
36 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Add. C. 24, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Add. C. 24
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18584
Abstract
An alphabetical index by subjects to the 1st edition (1736) of bp. Joseph Butler's Analogy of Religion, written in about A.D. 1740 by E. Bentham.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Bentham (1707–1776) was a Church of England clergyman and natural philosopher.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 28459.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from Thomas Rodd by The Bodleian Library in 1838.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
10 1/2 × 8 in.
- Title
- An alphabetical index by subjects to the 1st edition (1736) of bp. Joseph Butler's 'Analogy of Religion', made by dr. Edward Bentham
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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