Search Results: an historical dictionary of all religions by broughton thomas

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2 volumes bound as one. Tall folio, 39 cm. Bound in early 3/4 leather over cloth boards. Rear board detached. Engraved frontispiece. Institutional book plate. .xxvi,606 + xiv, 563,(21) pp. Index. Containing. I. A Display of all the Pagan Systems of Theology, their Origin, their Superstitious Customs, Ceremonies, and Doctrines. II. The Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan Institutions, with the Ecclesiastical laws, and History Respecting each Denomination. III. The Rise and Progress of the Various Sects, Heresies, and Opinions, Which Have Sprung up in Different ages and Countries; with Account of the Founders and Propagators Thereof. IV. A Survey of the Several Objects of Adoration; Deities and Idols. Of Persons Dedicated to the Sacred Function; Priests and Religious Orders. Times, and Place of Divine Worship; Fasts, Festivals, Temples, Churches, and Mosques. V. Of Sacred Books and Writings, the Vestements of… Read More

London: for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756. Hardcover. Near fine. Two volumes bound in one, folio. [4], xxvi, 606, [2, ads]; xiv, 563, [21, index]pp. Elaborate allegorical title page by H. Gravelot. First volume with a list of subscribers; second volume without title page (as issued). Printed bibliographical marginalia. Woodcut initials and ornaments throughout. Modern dark brown calf; borders ruled in gilt and blind; spine with raised bands, gilt-tooled ornaments, and morocco lettering piece. Origninal endleaves renewed. Dampstain at bottom outer corner of frontiespiece (affecting about a 3-inch section of the image). First and last two leaves of the original text lightly browned/foxed. Occasional touches of dust soiling at the top margin, else text clean, crisp, and amply-margined. A nearly fine copy in a very fresh and handsome period-style binding. Last of three eighteenth-century editions of this copious and elegantly composed reference work by the Church of England clergyman and author,… Read More