Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
BAYLE, PIERRE. A Philosophical Commentary on These Words of the Gospel, Luke XIV. 23. Compel them to come in, that my house may be full. iv, [36], 365 [i. e., 364]; [2], 369-774, [2] pages, including final ad leaf. 2 volumes. 8vo, 178x111 mm, contemporary calf gilt, covers detached or starting; contents clean apart from library stamps and accession markings. Pencil signature and bookplates of William Berrian; rubberstamp and perforated stamp of Meadville Theological School on titles, their ink accession note on next leaf. London: J. Darby for J. Morphew, 1708

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first edition in english of writings attacking religious intolerance, inspired by the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes and resulting persecution of Protestants in France.