Opuscule ou essai tendant à rectifier des préjugés nuisibles et à former des vertueux éclairés. Par un ami du genre humain

First edition, the only one published.
Bound in red half long-grain morocco in the Romantic style, flat spine with two vertical Romantic tools. Two small wormholes along the upper joint. Minor rubbing as usual, but a handsome copy, notably well-preserved.


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This work was written by an American Quaker, and according to the publisher, before the French Revolution. In it, the author harshly condemns "la fourberie et le fanatisme des prêtres." He decided to publish it in support of the violently anti-clerical policies of the revolutionary governments. The book contains several references to America. Furthermore, the author challenges and refutes all the dogmas of the Church, beginning with the truth of the Bible and the Gospels, and the belief that Jesus is the son of God. Christianity and its doctrines are presented as mere superstitions serving the interests of priests.