Newlight rev aristarchus (2 risultati)

London: John W. Parker, 1851. Newlight was the pseudonym of Irish Anglican bishop William Fitzgerald. He wrote over two dozen controversial works on religious doctrine, of which this is decidedly NOT one - which probably explains the pseudonym. Supposedly a recently-discovered manuscript, this anti-Napoleon screed was written as a satire, with names of major characters spelled in reverse (Napoleon is "Noel -Opan.") Following the text is a supposedly scholarly commentary recounting Noel-Opan's faults and failures. How America fits in, I'm not sure; the piece was too silly for me to finish. But surely there's a great deal here that I'm missing. Bound in printed wrappers which are detached but present. Very good internally. 23 cm. (2), 62, (2 adverts) pp. Newlight was the pseudonym of Irish Anglican bishop William Fitzgerald. He wrote over two dozen controversial works on religious.…

8vo: [viii] + 62 + [ii] pp. Good, though a little dogeared and discoloured, with slight wear at foot of final leaf. Half-title (with quotation from Strauss's 'Leben Jesu' on reverse) and (discoloured) final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Disbound. The author is described on the title-page as ''Rev. Aristarchus Newlight, Phil. Dr. of the University of Giessen; Corresponding Member of the Theophilanthropic and Pantisocratical Societies of Leipsig; Late Professor of All Religions in several distinguished Academies at home and abroad, etc. etc. etc.' Scarce: apart from at the British Library, COPAC only lists copies at Bristol and the National Library of Scotland. A spoof, of course, and a follow-up to Whately's 'Historic Doubts relative to Napoleon Bonaparte' (1846).…