NICOLAS AUGUST
PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH ON CHRISTIANISM
Translated by Ignatius Badeni
Vol. 3, plus supplement
Warsaw 1853, Nakładem Tłómacz, pp [8] 355, [1]; 63, format: 14x21 cm
Item listed in M. Stępień's "Polish bibliography of freemasonry; part II: prints from 1851-1917", which includes "freemasonry items written by Poles, concerning Poland, or from the Polish point of view of interest".
The supplement includes, among other things: "Napoleon's remarks on the deity of Jesus Christ."
Badeni Augustus Nicolaus-lawyer and justice of the peace in Bordeaux, author of "Philosophical Investigations", "whose profoundly learned work has spread 35,000 pieces in 18 hundred French editions, in addition to which it has been translated into every learned language." [source: "What people say about Renan...", Krakow 1864].
HARDCOVER HALF LEATHER BINDING OF THE PERIOD WITH GILT ON THE SPINE. MARBLED PAPERBOARD. PAGE EDGES MARBLED.
Condition DB+/ minor scuffing, stamps on prelims p., A NICE EXAMPLE OF POLISH BIEDERMAIR Binding.