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GIBBON (Edward). WATSON (Richard): - An Apology for Christianity, in A Series of Letters, addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq. Author of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Second Edition.

Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon...For T. and J. Merrill...[et al], 1777. Small 8vo, pp. [ii], 304, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, red leather label (chipped); lacks blank prelims, corner cut from title-page and succeeding leaf, front joint cracked, binding scratched and worn. This above work was written in a month, and Gibbon in his Vindication referred to Watson respectfully, describing him as "the most candid of adversaries." This second edition not listed in Norton.
GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 193.5 US$ 206.86 | JP¥ 32433] Book number 5291

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