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(PAINE, THOMAS.) The Theophilanthropist. 9 issues, paginated continuously with a collective title and introduction. Folding plate. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; moderate foxing; later bookplate on front pastedown, perforated and inked library stamps on title page and leaf 6:2. New York, 1810
An irregular periodical inspired by the late Thomas Paine's Deist group of the same name, and including several pieces on or by Paine. Many of the articles are ethical or theological, including "Morality of Mohametanism" (page 89). Also included are essays on James Monroe, then governor of Virginia (page 138) and the Osage Indians (page 154). Bound with, as issued: Paine's On the Origin of Free-Masonry, New York, 1810 and Paine's Examination of the Passages in the New Testament, New York, [1807]. Sabin 95315; Shaw & Shoemaker 21478, 20978, 13305; not in Lomazow.
