Reason the only oracle of man, or A compenduous [sic] system of natural religion : Alternately adorned with confutations of a variety of doctrines incompatible to it; deduced from the most exalted ideas which we are able to form of the divine and human characters, and from the universe in general. / By Ethan Allen, Esq.
| Uniform Title: | Early American imprints.
First series ; no. 18322. |
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| Language: | English |
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Bennington: state of Vermont :
Printed by Haswell & Russell,
M,DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]
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| Series: | Early American imprints.
no. 18322. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 2 unnumbered pages, 24-477 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (8vo) |
| Format: | Microfilm Book |
| Note: | The first publication in the United States openly directed against the Christian religion. Ethan Allen's authorship is called into question by G.P. Anderson in his "Who wrote 'Ethan Allen's Bible'?" (New England quarterly 10 (1937): 685-696). According to Anderson, Allen revised and published the manuscript of the recently deceased Thomas Young (1732-1777), with whom he may have discussed some of the contents some years earlier. The greater part of the edition was destroyed by fire in the printing office; according to Anderson "Out of fifteen hundred copies printed, it is doubtful if as many as one hundred escaped destruction." Signatures: [A-B]⁴ C-U⁴ W⁴ X-Z⁴ 2B-2I⁴ 2J⁴ 2K-2T⁴ 2V⁴ 2U⁴ 2W⁴ 2X-3L⁴ (3L3 verso, 3L4 blank). With a half-title. Microform. |
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| Call Number: | 1 Microprint 1st Ser. no.18322 |
| References: |
Evans 18322.
McCorison, M.A. Vermont, 69. |
| Reproduction Note: |
Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1955-1983. 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 18322). |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Vermont -- Bennington. |