La contagion sacrée, ou histoire naturelle de la superstition. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais

New edition. The original dates from 1768.
Contemporary full
Contemporary full pink paper boards binding. Smooth spine with fillets. Brown calf title-label. Rubbing to boards and headcaps.
Although the text was presented as a translation by Jean Trichard, the work is indeed by Baron d'Holbach. This history of superstition is a merciless indictment against persecutions and political and religious tyrannies of all kinds, which made terror reign through fear and fanaticism as much as through political ambition.