Item #38837 An Historical Dictionary of all Religions from the Creation of the World to this Present Time; Containing. I. A Display of all the Pagan Systems of Theology, their Origin, their Superstitious Customs, Ceremonies, and Doctrines. II. The Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan Institutions, with the Ecclesiastical laws, and History Respecting each Denomination. III. The Rise and Progress of the Various Sects, Heresies, and Opinions, Which Have Sprung up in Different ages and Countries; with Account of the Founders and Propagators Thereof. IV. A Survey of the Several Objects of Adoration; Deities and Idols. Of Persons Dedicated to the Sacred Function; Priests and Religious Orders. Times, and Place of Divine Worship; Fasts, Festivals, Temples, Churches, and Mosques. V. Of Sacred Books and Writings, the Vestements of Religious Orders, and a Description of all the Utensils Employed in Divine Offices. VI. The Changes and Alterations, which Religion has undergone both in Ancient and Modern Times. Compiled for the Best Authorities. Thomas BROUGHTON.
An Historical Dictionary of all Religions from the Creation of the World to this Present Time; Containing. I. A Display of all the Pagan Systems of Theology, their Origin, their Superstitious Customs, Ceremonies, and Doctrines. II. The Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan Institutions, with the Ecclesiastical laws, and History Respecting each Denomination. III. The Rise and Progress of the Various Sects, Heresies, and Opinions, Which Have Sprung up in Different ages and Countries; with Account of the Founders and Propagators Thereof. IV. A Survey of the Several Objects of Adoration; Deities and Idols. Of Persons Dedicated to the Sacred Function; Priests and Religious Orders. Times, and Place of Divine Worship; Fasts, Festivals, Temples, Churches, and Mosques. V. Of Sacred Books and Writings, the Vestements of Religious Orders, and a Description of all the Utensils Employed in Divine Offices. VI. The Changes and Alterations, which Religion has undergone both in Ancient and Modern Times. Compiled for the Best Authorities.

An Historical Dictionary of all Religions from the Creation of the World to this Present Time; Containing. I. A Display of all the Pagan Systems of Theology, their Origin, their Superstitious Customs, Ceremonies, and Doctrines. II. The Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan Institutions, with the Ecclesiastical laws, and History Respecting each Denomination. III. The Rise and Progress of the Various Sects, Heresies, and Opinions, Which Have Sprung up in Different ages and Countries; with Account of the Founders and Propagators Thereof. IV. A Survey of the Several Objects of Adoration; Deities and Idols. Of Persons Dedicated to the Sacred Function; Priests and Religious Orders. Times, and Place of Divine Worship; Fasts, Festivals, Temples, Churches, and Mosques. V. Of Sacred Books and Writings, the Vestements of Religious Orders, and a Description of all the Utensils Employed in Divine Offices. VI. The Changes and Alterations, which Religion has undergone both in Ancient and Modern Times. Compiled for the Best Authorities.

London: T. Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756. Hardcover, Two volumes bound as one. Folio (14 3/4" x 9 1/2")., [xxvi], [iv], 606; xiv,563, [21] pp. Contemporary full brown calf, elaborately gilt tooled spine within raised bands, gilt stamped rules to margins of boards, gilt decorations to inner margins. Contemporary marbled end papers. Engraved frontispiece. Thomas Broughton (1704-1774), the Cambridge educated Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral, was well known for his writings, which included contributions to the "Biographica Brittanica" although "An Historical Dictionary of All Religions from the Creation of the World to the Present Time" was without doubt his most significant publication. The work was first published under the title "Bibliotheca Historica Sacra" in two volumes, and proved enormously influential, being retitled "An Historical Dictionary of All Religions" and going through several editions. That presented here, published a decade before the author's death, was the last to be issued in the eighteenth century.
Eighteenth century armorial bookplate present on front pastedown with motto "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" (the motto typically associated with the Order of the Garter) around the circumference of an oval, above which is a Bishop's mitre. Expertly rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners bruised and a head and tail of spine restored. The first few leaves, including the title page, are a little darkened, a little browning to the margins of some pages. Edges a little foxed. Still a remarkably clean and fresh copy, the pages generally bright and supple, and firm in a handsome contemporary binding. Item #38837

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