LE BRUN PIERRE Histoire Critique des Pratiques Supertitieus

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[LE BRUN, PIERRE.] Histoire Critique des Pratiques Supertitieuses, qui ont séduit les Peuples, & embarassé les Sçavans. Volume 2 (of 2). Etched frontispiece after Sébastien Le Clerc; 8 etched text illustrations. [64], 308 pages. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, cover fore edges partly worn through; early signature on title, light dampstaining in blank upper margins toward end. Rouen: Guillaume Behourt, 1702

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Second volume of Le Brun's critical survey of superstitions, devoted almost entirely to a sceptical examination of powers attributed to the divining rod. The first volume was published the year before.