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

[Kenneth Karmiole]

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.    $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
A very scarce 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."

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