A New edition of Toland's History of the Druids: with an abstract of his life and writings; and a copious appendix containing notes critical, philological, and explanatory.
Author: Toland, John and R. Huddleston.
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Price: $550.00
Publisher: Montrose: James Watt
Book Condition: VG
Binding: Hard Cover
Pub Date: 1814
ISBN #:
Price: $550.00
Publisher: Montrose: James Watt
Book Condition: VG
Binding: Hard Cover
Pub Date: 1814
8vo, 434p, rebound in black pebbled cloth / gilt titles on spine. Includes a preface and notes by Huddleston. Binding is in VERY GOOD+ condition; text block is in VERY GOOD condition, with a sm. ink stain on fore edge, interior pages have very lt. scattered foxing (after the first blank page that is heavily foxed), corner tear to page 17. Toland (1670 - 1722) was born a Catholic near Londonderry; he became a Protestant in his teens and studied at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leyden and Oxford universities. His "Christianity not Mysterious" (1696) was burned by the hangman in Dublin, by order of the House of Commons, as being 'atheistical and subversive.'