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[?]CASAUBON, Isaac (1559-1614). The Originall of Idolatries: or, the Birth of Heresies, translated from the French by Abraham Darcie. London: for Nathaniel Butter, 1624. Small 4° (170 x 130mm). Initials and head-pieces (title and first few leaves shaved). Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked and repaired at corners, inner hinges reinforced). STC 4747. Wing records variant dedications. Our copy contains "To the High and Mighty Charles, Prince of Wales" (A2-A[3]), "To the Honor and Use of the Most Illustrious George, Duke of Buckingham" (A4-a1), "The Author's Epistle to the Reader" (a2) and "The Translator to the Couteous Reader" (a3). The original authorship in French is disputed.
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