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The deist; or, Moral philosopher : being an impartial inquiry after moral and theological truths ; selected from the writings of the most celebrated authors in ancient and modern times.
- Title
- The deist; or, Moral philosopher : being an impartial inquiry after moral and theological truths ; selected from the writings of the most celebrated authors in ancient and modern times.
- Publication
- London : Printed and published by R. Carlile, 55, Fleet Street, 1819[-1826]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | Permit needed | Pforz (Deist) v. 2 | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Permit needed | Pforz (Deist) v. 1 | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Annet, Peter, 1693-1769.
- Carlile, Richard, 1790-1843
- Ensor, George, 1769-1843.
- Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d', 1723-1789.
- Nicholson, William, 1753-1815.
- Palmer, Elihu, 1764-1806.
- Park, Arthur, -1863
- Turner, Matthew, -approximately 1788.
- Voltaire, 1694-1778.
- Watson, James, 1799-1874.
- Society for the Suppression of Vice (London, England), dedicatee.
- Description
- 3 volumes : illustrations (frontispieces); 22 cm
- Summary
- A collection of separately-printed deist tracts issued together as a multi-volume set. At least some tracts appear also to have been issued separately. Different copies of the work comprise differently dated editions of the tracts; some copies include entirely different tracts printed and published by Carlile.
- Alternative Title
- Janus on Sion
- Thrasybulus to Leucippe
- Subject
- Note
- Volumes 1 and 2 with title page date of 1819; volume 3 with title page date of 1826.
- Carlile's address on title page of volume 3: "62, Fleet Street."
- Dedication, volume 1: "To the society self-styled a Society for the Suppression of Vice"; dedication, volume 2: "... to the females of Great Britain ..."
- Engraved frontispiece for volume 1 (a gravestone for "Truth and Justice"), by A. Park; unsigned engraved frontispiece for "The God of the Jews"; engraved frontispiece for volume 2 (a scene surrounding Blind Justice, who weighs "deism" and "truth" against "popery" and "Christianity"), by V[owl]es.
- Contents below describes copy at Columbia University.
- Contents
- Volume 1. The doubts of infidels / [William Nicholson]. -- Watson refuted / [Samuel Francis, M.D.]. -- Christian mystery: a Chinese tale. -- Thoughts on the Christian religion. -- A letter to Sir Samuel Shepherd. -- Principles of nature / Elihu Palmer. -- The God of the Jews / [William Skinner]. -- Thoughts on the inconsistency of religious persecutions / J[ames] W[atson].
- Volume 2. Christianity unveiled / [Baron d'Holbach]. -- The important examination of the Holy Scriptures / Voltaire. -- The miraculous conception / [Peter Annet]. -- Letters to Eugenia / Baron d'Holbach. -- The life of David / [Peter Annet]. -- A letter to the Rev. Dr. S. Chandler / [Peter Annet].
- Volume 3. Answer to Dr. Priestley's letters to a philosophical unbeliever / [Matthew Turner]. -- The free enquirer / Peter Annet. -- Good sense / Baron d'Holbach. -- Lord Chesterfield's ears / Voltaire. -- Analysis of the influence of natural religion on the temporal happiness of mankind / Philip Beauchamp.
- Call Number
- Pforz (Deist)
- OCLC
- 41095451
- Title
- The deist; or, Moral philosopher : being an impartial inquiry after moral and theological truths ; selected from the writings of the most celebrated authors in ancient and modern times.Janus on SionThrasybulus to Leucippe
- Publisher
- London : Printed and published by R. Carlile, 55, Fleet Street, 1819[-1826]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Pforzheimer copy: Lacking volume 3. -- Volume 2 lacks "Letters to Eugenia" and "The life of David," including instead "Janus on Sion," by "Christian Emanuel, Esq." [i.e., George Ensor] (1826) and "A letter from Thrasybulus to Leucippe," by Baron d'Holbach (1826). -- Diced plum cloth, brown morocco spine labels, gilt spine titling.
- Place of Publication
- England London
- Added Author
- Annet, Peter, 1693-1769.Carlile, Richard, 1790-1843, publisher.Carlile, Richard, 1790-1843, printer.Ensor, George, 1769-1843.Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d', 1723-1789.Nicholson, William, 1753-1815.Palmer, Elihu, 1764-1806.Park, Arthur, -1863, illustrator.Turner, Matthew, -approximately 1788.Voltaire, 1694-1778.Watson, James, 1799-1874.Society for the Suppression of Vice (London, England), dedicatee.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz (Deist)