Attributed to Lady Masham by Wing and ESTC; ms. note in Beinecke Library copy attributes authorship to John Locke., BEIN 2005 204: Autograph: Daniel Whitby. Bookplate: Ex libris James Stevens Cox. Ms. note on t.p.: by Mr. John Locke. Ms. note on leaf A3v (p. [6]). Shelf label tipped to bottom edge of leaf E7r (p. 103): Locke on ye Love of God., and Signatures: A-E¹² F⁶ [$5 (-A1, F4, 5)]
Publisher:
Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil ... ,
Subject (Name):
Locke, John, 1632-1704, Stevens-Cox, James--Bookplate, and Whitby, Daniel--Autograph
Written when the author was 18, partly in answer to Wollaston's Religion of nature, and addressed to Mr. J(ames) R(alph) He printed, he says, only a hundred copies, of which he gave a few to his friends; and afterwards, disliking the piece, he burnt the rest except one copy.--J. Crossley in Notes and queries, ser. 1, v.5, p. 6 (Jan. 3, 1852)l9
"2 copies real vellum marked A-B. Not for sale. 10 copies on Texas Mountain Paper signed and numbered I-X. 200 copies on Canson-Mongolfier soleil velin M. R. V. paper [numbered] 1-200"--p. [4]., Copies 1 and 2 housed in single box., and Copy 2: No. 135. Autograph of Pound on t.p.; inscription by Pound on free front endpaper. Bookseller's ticket: Gotham Book Mart, Inc. ... N.Y.
"2 copies real vellum marked A-B. Not for sale. 10 copies on Texas Mountain Paper signed and numbered I-X. 200 copies on Canson-Mongolfier soleil velin M. R. V. paper [numbered] 1-200"--p. [4]., Copies 1 and 2 housed in single box., and Copy 2: No. 135. Autograph of Pound on t.p.; inscription by Pound on free front endpaper. Bookseller's ticket: Gotham Book Mart, Inc. ... N.Y.