[Rarebooks] FS: Fontenelle's "History of Oracles..." London: 1750

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Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de. THE HISTORY OF ORACLES. IN TWO 
DISSERTATIONS; Wherein Are Proved, I. That the Oracles Were Not Given Out by Daemons... 
II. That the Oracles Did Not Cease at the Coming of Jesus Christ... Translated 
from the Best Edition of the Original French. London: D. Browne and J. Whiston. 
1750. Sm. 8vo. xvi,(4),218pp. plus (2)pp. of ads at back. Cont. calf, spine 
rather worn, with some chipping along the outer hinges, but holding well.     
$375.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of this new translation.

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