FREE THOUGHTS ON RELIGION, THE CHURCH, AND NATIONAL HAPPINESS. By the author of the Fable of the Bees.

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8vo, pp. [ii], xix, [iii], 364, [12] index; slightly dampstained in places, very light worming at head towards end; in contemporary calf, rebacked. First edition, reissue, with a cancel title identifying the author. After the Fable of the Bees, this is perhaps Mandeville's best-known work. On publication in 1720, it was almost immediately translated into French (1722), Dutch (1723) and German (1726). Dealing with various aspects of religious history and thought, Mandeville describes the development of the Christian church, and analyses the political status of the church in England. The book met with particular success in Germany. See Kaye I xxxi and note 3. Provenance. Signet Library, Edinburgh, with gilt stamp in centre of both covers.

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Título

FREE THOUGHTS ON RELIGION, THE CHURCH, AND NATIONAL HAPPINESS. By the author of the Fable of the Bees.

Editor

London: printed for J. Brotherton at the Bible in Cornhill

Fecha de publicación

1723

Encuadernación

Encuadernación de tapa dura

Edición

1ª Edición

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