1809 Antique Leather Book Isaac Watts Antiquarian

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1809 Antique Leather Book Isaac Watts Antiquarian:
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An antique 1809 edition of:THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MIND; Or, A Supplement to The Art of Logic: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of Useful Knowledge in Religion, in the Sciences, and in Common Life.by Isaac Watts, D.D.
Printed for T. Purday and Son, London 1809.
4 1/4\" by 6 3/4\" hardcover (leather). 271 pages.Both boards detached but present. Black tape on spine & edge of boards from prior mending effort.Isaac Watts (1674 – 1748) was an English Christian minister (Congregational), hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. In 1724, Watts\' popular textbook on Logic was published. It became the standard text on logic at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale, being used at Oxford for well over 100 years.Watts followed the Logic in 1741 by a supplement, The Improvement of the Mind. This also went through numerous editions and later inspired English scientist, Michael Faraday. It was also widely used as a moral textbook in schools.A scarce edition of this popular work.
CONTENTS:PART I.The IntroductionChap. I. — General Rules for the Improvement of KnowledgeChap. II. -- Five Methods of Improving, described, and compared; viz. Observation, Reading, Instruction by Lectures, Conversation, and Study, with their several Advantages and DefectsChap. III.— Of Observation, either by the Senses or the MindChap. IV. — Of Reading and Books with Directions relating theretoChap. V. — The Judgment of Books, both Approbation and CensureChap. VI. — Of living Instructions and Lectures, of Teachers and LearnersChap. VII. — Of learning a Language, particularly the LatinChap. VIII — Of inquiring into the Sense and Meaning of any Writer or Speaker, whether human or divineChap. IX. — Of Conversation, and profiting by it, and of Persons fit or unfit for free ConverseChap. X. — Of Disputes, and general Rules relating to themChap. XI. — Of Socratical Disputation, by Question and AnswerChap. XII. — of Forensic Disputes, in Courts of Justice or Public AssembliesChap. XIII. — Of Academic or Scholastic Disputes, and the Rules of them, and how far they may be usefulChap. XIV. — Of Study, or Meditation, and the final Determination of Things by our own JudgmentChap. XV. — Of fixing the AttentionChap. XVI. — Of enlarging the Capacity of the MindChap. XVII. — Of the Memory, and the Improvement thereofChap. XVIII. — Of determining a Question; several Cautions about it; of Reason and Revelation; of Argument and Ridicule; of Assent only in Proportion to Evidence, &cChap. XIX. — Of inquiring into Causes and EffectsChap. XX. — Of the Sciences, and their Uses in particular Professions
PART II.The IntroductionChap. I. — Methods of teaching, and reading LecturesChap. II. — Of an instructive StyleChap. III. — Of convincing of Truth, or delivering from ErrorChap. IV. — The Use and Abuse of AuthorityChap. V. — Of managing the Prejudices of MenChap. VI. — Of Instruction by Preaching - Wisdom better than learning in the Pulpit - A Branching Sermon - The harangueChap. VII.— Of writing Books for the PublicChap. VIII. — Of writing and reading Controversies
CONDITION: As noted above, both boards detached but present and black tape on spine and board edges. Leather rubbed at extremities and worn through at corners. Exterior page edges darkened with age. Interior pages age-toned and pencil marks in margins beside a significant number of passages.
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