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The Life of Mahomet; Or, the History of that Imposture Which was Begun, Carried on and Finally Established by Him in Arabia; and Which Has Subjugated a Larger Portion of the Globe than the Religion of Jesus Has Yet Set at Liberty. To Which is Added an Account of Egypt

The Life of Mahomet; Or, the History of that Imposture Which was Begun, Carried on and Finally Established by Him in Arabia; and Which Has Subjugated a Larger Portion of the Globe than the Religion of Jesus Has Yet Set at Liberty. To Which is Added an Account of Egypt

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The Life of Mahomet; Or, the History of that Imposture Which was Begun, Carried on and Finally Established by Him in Arabia; and Which Has Subjugated a Larger Portion of the Globe than the Religion of Jesus Has Yet Set at Liberty. To Which is Added an Account of Egypt

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Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, Junior, 1802. First American edition. viii, [13]-154, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep, spine with gilt rules. Signed on flyleaf and title, Samuel D. Ward. Very good plus. First American edition. viii, [13]-154, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Polemical tract on the superiority of Christianity to the imposture of Mahomet, in which "the author has, on every suitable occasion, made such moral reflection as seemed naturally to arise out of the topics before him."

Originally published: South Shields [England] : Printed by W. Hallgerth, jun. at the Minerva press, 1799. Shaw & Shoemaker 2535

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The Life of Mahomet; Or, the History of that Imposture Which was Begun, Carried on and Finally Established by Him in Arabia; and Which Has Subjugated a Larger Portion of the Globe than the Religion of Jesus Has Yet Set at Liberty. To Which is Added an Account of Egypt
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Viii, [13]-154, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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Used - Contemporary sheep, spine with gilt rules. Signed on flyleaf and title, Samuel D. Ward. Very good plus
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First American edition
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Isaiah Thomas, Junior
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Worcester
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1802
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Theology & Religion
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