Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Inscribed by the author on half-title page (first name only). xiii, 343 pages. Was first published anonymously in 1770. The text presents events from the gospels from a rationalist point of view - depicting Jesus as normal human being. It was of course banned. In 1799 George Houston translated it into English. Little of d'Holbach's work survives in print and this is the first critical edition of an English translation. History of Religions in Translation 1. Seller Inventory # 323762

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Title: Ecco Homo! An Eighteenth Century Life of ...

Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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