[Rarebooks] FS: Rare early work on comparative religion by Herbert of Cherbury. Amsterdam: 1663

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Herbert of Cherbury, Edward. DE RELIGIONE GENTILIUM, Errorumque Apud
eos Causis. Amsterdam: Typis Blaeviorum. 1663. First edition. 4to.
(4),231,(9)pp. Index. Orig. full calf, with blind ruled covers & spine.
Old water stain to the first two leaves, and light soiling to final
leaves. $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
A posthumous work (Herbert died in 1648) seen into print by Isaac
Vossius. It is an early work on comparative religion, and gives, in
David Hume's words, "a natural history of religion." It is quite scarce
in the trade, only 1 copy appearing at auction since 1985.

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