Journal Article

"Large and handsome volumes": Early owners of Benjamin Hoadly's Works

Abstract

This article examines the sale of Benjamin Hoadly's Works in 1773 and the purchasers of them. Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761) was a highly controversial Anglican bishop who sparked two major theological controversies, so his Works were principally theological polemic pieces. The Works were printed in a large paper and regular folio issues. This article shows the ways in which the two issues were differentiated which has hitherto been unclear. The article also traces through ESTC the first individual and institutional purchasers and owners of the Works. Such reconstruction recovers the nature of book purchasing in the eighteenth century. The purchase of Hoadly’s Works was motivated by a combination of theological and political principles, bibliographic goals and admiration of Hoadly. The article contributes to our understanding of book purchases in the eighteenth century.

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Authors

Gibson, William

Oxford Brookes departments

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\Department of History, Philosophy and Religion

Dates

Year of publication: 2016
Date of RADAR deposit: 2016-08-25

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