Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 228
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
La Fausseté des Miracles des Deux Testamens, prouvée par le Parallèle avec de semblables Prodiges opérés dans diverses Sectes. [4], 172 pages. 8vo, 158x96 mm, contemporary mottled sheep gilt with decorated paper endleaves, spine ends chipped, shelf label removed; Bookplate of William Berrian; perforated stamp of Meadville Theological School on title and C7, their ink accession note on leaf after title. Np, nd [i. e., Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, circa 1770?]

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Critique of the veracity of biblical accounts of miracles, seeking to show that they were drawn from other sources. The title falsely identifies this work as an excerpt from the 17th-century manuscript collection of classical atheist and materialist texts titled Theophrastus Redivivus.
bound with: De l'Imposture Sacerdotale; ou, Recueil de Pièces sur le Clergé. [4], 144 pages, including half-title. "Londres' [i. e., Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey], 1767. first edition of a translation by d'Holbach of various English anti-Catholic tracts. Vercruysse 1767 D1.