The Theological Works [and] Miscellaneous Poems. PAINE, Thomas.

Two works in 1 vol.; 8vo (22 x 14 cm); slight paper flaw to title of first work and contents f., a little toning; 19th-century polished calf, covers ruled in gilt and blind, expertly rebacked, corners rubbed with some loss to upper cover, very good; [4], 52, vi, 90, v, [2, 8-[5]9, [1], 29, [1], 10, 14, 10, 64; [4], 24pp. The collected theological writings and poems of the Anglo-American revolutionary Thomas Paine (1737-1809), including his major religious work The Age of Reason, a spirited defence of private faith in the wake of 'the total abolition of the whole national order of priesthood' in France. Here printed together with his Examination of the Prophecies, Letter to the Hon. Thomas Erskine, Discourse delivered to the Society of Theophilanthropists, Essay on the Origin of Free-Masonry, and Letter to Camille Jordan, and bound with his Miscellaneous Poems.