[HOLBACH (Baron of)]. BOULANGER (Nicolas-Antoine). Antiquity - Lot 141

[HOLBACH (Baron of)]. BOULANGER (Nicolas-Antoine). Antiquity Revealed Through Its Customs, or A Critical Examination of the Principal Religious and Political Opinions, Ceremonies, and Institutions of the Various Peoples of the Earth. Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1775. 3 volumes in-8, speckled half-calf, smooth spine with decorative lettering, light orange title and volume number labels, speckled edges (contemporary binding). A posthumous work originally published in 1766, edited by Baron d’Holbach based on the author’s original manuscript and containing highly interesting details on various cults, festivals, and traditions: festivals of the Flood, the Gigantomachy, the cult of mountains, the nomadic and wild life of early humans, the cult of the stars, the Sabbath, etc. (Caillet, no. 1530; Vercruysse, 1775, F2.) Water stain on the lower margin of section C in Volume I. Tip of a headdress damaged; edges rubbed.

Estimate:£250.39

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