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284 SWEDENBORG’S CORRESPONDENCE. [Doc. 73.
P. S. It would be well if twenty or thirty copies of
Dædalus, parts i and ii, could be sent here by some oppor
tunity, and also some notice of what has been published this
week about the work done during the year, and its cost. I
think I should prefer to confine myself to one agent for their
sale, and to allow him a fixed percentage, as the booksellers
are unreasonable in fixing the price so high as to have but a
small sale for them ; and yet they pay me two stivers less for
them than the retail price. For Dædalus, part iv, Rüger has
asked no less than twenty stivers, and has refused to sell it to
those who offered sixteen, when yet he ought to have sold it
for eight. If you would kindly print the price on those of
part v which have not yet been struck off, I will endeavour
to find an agent whom I can trust. The “ Second Fundamental
Principle of Wisdom ” * has been exhausted at Rüger’s; it
would be well if more could be sent. I wonder whether it has
commanded any sale at Upsal ; I should like to know, to see
whether it is worth while to continue it. It was sold here for
five stivers; but I shall perhaps get one and a half for it.
DOCUMENT 73.
SWEDENBORG TO BENZELIUS.*
Most honoured friend and brother,
Since I left Upsal I have returned you neither
thanks nor anything else for your late hospitable reception.
You will no doubt have been told the reason, why I de
parted so hastily from Ribbingbeck without taking leave.
Five weeks ago, after I came here to Lund, I presented
to His Majesty Dædalus, part v, and he was pleased, yea,
more than pleased with it. The plan respecting the Observa
tory I have communicated only to Secretary Cederholm, but
* Polhem’s work, which was printed at the expense of Swedenborg.
+ Benzelius’ Collection, Vol. XL, No. 128. Letter 18 in Mr. White’s
«New Churchman ," Vol. 2, p. 114.
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