Dupuis, Charles Francois

Abrégé De L’Origine de Tous Les Cultes [First Edition]

[Charles Francois] Dupuis. Abrégé De L’Origine de Tous Les Cultes (Abridgment of the Origin of All Cults). Paris: Chez H. Agasse, [1798]. First edition. 

First abridged edition of Dupuis’ larger work exploring the origins of the world’s religions through the lens of astronomy and mythology, concluding that all religions originate from a worship of celestial bodies and the seasons. Added to the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Index of Forbidden Books) by the Catholic Church in 1818.

Octavo. 597pp + errata. Contemporary marbled paper boards, gilt-stamped leather title to spine. Text in French. 

Spine creased and darkened; boards rubbed and edgeworn; hinges gently cracked; soiling, early pen and pencil markings to endleaves; light toning and wrinkling to pages; occasional ink marginalia; large bookplate to front pastedown. Very good. Item #3020

Price: $250.00