Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Buonaparte, and Historic Certainties Respecting to the Early History of America
New-York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1856. 12mo (17cm.); publisher's blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 184pp. Corners bumped and spine ends a bit chipped, light foxing to textblock extremities, else Very Good or better. Item #1192
Two works parodying excessive scepticism, the first, originally published as a pamphlet by Whately in 1819, follows Hume's scepticism regarding religious testimony of miracles to conclude that Napoleon never existed. See Sabin 32048 for the first American edition of Whately's work; and 32046 for Fitzgerald's.
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