[Rarebooks] FS: "The inhabitants of Florida are idolators, and acknowledge the sun and moon for deities, " 1780, with 60 folio copper engravings

[Charles Agvent]

HURD, William. A NEW UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS RITES, 
CEREMONIES, AND CUSTOMS OF THE WHOLE WORLD: OR A COMPLETE AND IMPARTIAL 
VIEW OF ALL THE RELIGIONS. London: Alexander Hogg, [1785]. New Edition. 
Folio (9" x 14") bound in contemporary calf-backed boards; 704, xii [4] 
pages. Illustrated with 60 copper engravings. Hurd covers, among others, 
the modern Jews, the Japanese, and the Native Americans of Canada, 
California, and Florida: "The inhabitants of Florida are idolators, and 
acknowledge the sun and moon for deities." Wonderful plates including 
natives of the Caribee Islands feasting on human flesh. Joints split but 
tight. Faint stain affecting some pages, some toning. Very Good copy. 
(#004719) $1,500.00

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