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BUTLER, Joseph (1692-1752). The Analogy of Religion Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature. London: for James, John and Paul Knapton, 1736.
4to (262 x 204 mm). Half-title. (Short marginal tears to a few leaves.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt, tan morocco lettering-piece gilt (some light rubbing, 4-in. separation along upper hinge and spine). Provenance: Frank J. Hogan (1877-1944), American attorney and book collector (morocco booklabel).
FIRST EDITION of Butler's response to deist rejection of orthodox Christianity, which "remained for a century the chief buttress of Christian argument against unbelief" (Durant, The Age of Voltaire, 1965, p.125). THE FRANK J. HOGAN COPY. ESTC T67971; PMM 193.