TOLAND, JOHN. Nazarenus: or, Jewish, Gentile, and Mahometan Christianity.Containing the history of the antient Gospel of Barnabas . . . Also, the original plan of Christianity . . . With the relation of an Irish manuscript of the four Gospels [2], xxv, [1], 85, [1]; [2], 57, [1]; [2], 16 pages. 3 parts in one volume. 8vo, 18th-century 1/2 calf with later morocco lettering piece, joints and spine cracked, binding intact, spine chipped at top, front endleaves loose; margins trimmed affecting bottom of imprint, occasional browning. London: J. Brown, J. Roberts, and J. Brotherton, 1718
first edition of a work "in which he proposed that the ancient Celtic beliefs revealed in an Irish manuscript of the four gospels captured the true spirit of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam" (ODNB).bound with: Chubb, Thomas. The Supremacy of the Father Asserted; or, Eight Arguments from Scripture, to prove that the Son is a Being, Inferior and Subordinate to the Father. [16], 103 pages. London: J. Roberts, 1715. and: Chubb, Thomas. The Supremacy of the Father Vindicated. 58 pages. London: J. Roberts, 1718. Both works dampstained, margins trimmed affecting some headlines, scattered early marginalia.
