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TOLAND, JOHN. Christianity not Mysterious; or, A Treatise Shewing, That there is Nothing in the Gospel Contrary to Reason, Nor Above it;And that no Christian Doctrine can be properly call'd a Mystery. 46; xxxii, 74 [i. e., 174] pages, with the second part bound first. 2 parts in one volume * Vindicius Liberius; or, Mr. Toland's Defence of himself, against the late Lower House of Convocation, and Others; wherein . . . Certain Passages of the Book, intitul'd, Christianity Not Mysterious, are explain'd, and other corrected. [4], 166, [2] pages, including half-title. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, 180x109 and 193x120 mm, contemporary panelled calf, not uniform, joints of the first volume cracked at top and bottom; contents of both volumes relatively clean. Contemporary signatures and armorial bookplates of William Westby, Esq. London: Printed in the Year 1702; Bernard Lintott, 1702
Third edition of Toland's controversial 1696 deist treatise, and first edition to include the apology, together with the first edition of another work justifying his ideas.
