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FLEURY, Claude (Abbé de Loc-Dieu); CORDELL, Charles (translator).

The Manners of the Israelites.

The Manners of the Israelites.

Wherein is seen the model of a plain and honest policy for the government of states, and a reformation of manners. Translated from the French o the judicious and learned Abbé Fleury.

Stock Code 121810

Newcastle, Printed by S. Hodgson; and sold by P. Keating, No. 4, Air-street, Piccadilly, London; and by the Booksellers in the Country, 1786.

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An early edition of this English-language translation of Claude Fleury's (1640-1723) Moeurs de Israelites, primarily a history of the manner and customs of the ancient Israelites, but with the final chapters given over to a discussion of the 'manners of the Jews' under the Romans, their 'sects and superstitions'.

12mo (15.5 x 9.5 cm); text in English, woodcut headpiece, errata slip tipped-in to title verso, a little toned at edges; modern speckled calf backed marbled paper boards, vellum tips, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, very well executed; vi, [2], 210, [2]pp.

ESTC T119592.

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