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[CHALLE (or CHALLES), ROBERT?] Le Militaire Philosophe; ou, Difficultés sur la Religion proposées au R. P. Malebranche . . . par un ancien Officier. [4], 193, [3] pages, including half-title. 8vo, 152x94 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints cracked, cords intact; contents relatively clean. Bookplates of Stephen J. W. Tabor and William Berrian; perforated stamp of Meadville Theological School on title. "Londres" [i. e., Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey], 1768
first edition of a deist treatise thought to be a revision by Jacques-André Naigeon of an unpublished manuscript now attributed by some to Robert Challe, with a final chapter ascribed to Baron d'Holbach. Vercruysse 1768 B2. bound with: Les Prêtres Démasqués; ou, Les Iniquités du Clergé Chrétien. [4], 180 pages. "Londres" [i. e., Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey], 1768. French translation by d'Holbach of The Ax laid to the Root of Christian Priestcraft. Vercruysse 1768 D5.
