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Description
THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PAGANISM AS DELIVERED BY EUSEBIUS
Book Details + Condition: M. Cooper (London). First Edition, 1743. Very scarce, as we are not able to find any other copies for sale or held in other collections. Hardcover. Measures 8.25" x 6". 128 pages. Subtitled, "As delivered by Eusebius & co. with critical and historical notes. Shewing, first, its origin, progress, decay and revival, thro' a misconstrued Christianity. And secondly, a Phoenician and Egyptian chronology, from the first man, down to the first Olympiad, agreeable to the scripture accounts. The whole interspers'd with reflections on superstition and arbitrary power, whereby a close and necessary connection is discovered between both, and a right notion of true religion and civil government established." Attributed to preacher and naturalist Francis Mason. Leather spine with gilt lettering. In very good condition, with firm binding; light shelf wear to boards; rubbing to leather spine; interior is clean and free of markings. Bookplate of former owner, William Arthur, Sixth Duke of Portland, on inside front board.
