[ Annet, Peter ]. A Collection of the Tracts of a Certain Free Enquirer, Noted by His Sufferings for His Opinions. [London: 1750
Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked, top corner of back cover also restored. Gilt-ruled spine with black morocco label., [2], 460 pp. , Each tract has a separate title-page, but text is consecutive.
Some wear to bottom corners and board edges, two old ink signatures in preliminaries. A very good copy., Peter Annet (1693Ð1769) was one of the most vocal deists of the eighteenth century. Born in Liverpool, he trained dissenting ministry but he turned against Christianity because of what he considered the religious bigotry of the revivalists. In 1738 he gave three speeches at Plaisterers' Hall in London, strongly attacking Christianity. These were followed by a pamphlet, Judging for ourselves, or, Free Thinking the Great Duty of Religion (1739), which is the first of the tracts in this book. In the period between 1743 and 1747 he produced a series of popular and scathing examinations of Christian miracles and the lives of Biblical figures, several of which specifically dismissed evidence for the resurrection. AnnetÕs work is said to have influenced Voltaire. The present book is a compilation of his tracts. He was working on a second compilation at the time of his death., See D.N.B., Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition, Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers. ESTC lists a number of copies in older libraries, and eight copies in North America, but this work is scarce on todayÕs market
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