[Rarebooks] FS: William Hurd's 18th c. study of comparative religion (ca. 1788)

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(RELIGION) 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... Embellished with a Set of Numerous Folio Copper-Plates... London: Alexander Hogg. No date (circa 1788). Folio. 704,xii,(4)pp. Double column text. Index. List of subscribers at back. Complete with the frontispiece and 60 copper engraved plates with descriptive text; each within a decorative border. Old calf, nicely rebacked with original red morocco label on spine. Armorial bookplate of Henry Priestley. A very good copy.    $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
One of the great 18th century studies of comparative religion.

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