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Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry Baron D' (1723-1789)35
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Trenchard, John (1662-1723)4
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De la cruauté religieuse

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789)

1769

A free abridged translation by Holbach of an English work published in the second edition with title: Considerations upon war, upon cruelty in general, and religious cruelty in particular.

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Le bon-sens : ou idées naturelles opposées aux idées surnaturelles

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789)

1786

First published in 1772; cf. Barbier, v. 1, 442. Library of Congress and Brit. Museum show London as fictitious imprint, with Amsterdam as actual place of publication, for 1772 ed.

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Lettre de Thrasibule à Leucippe : ouvrage posthume

Fréret, Nicolas (1688-1749); Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789)

[1768?]

Half title: Thrasibule à Leucippe. Attributed to Fréret in the Avis, but authorship much discussed. ESTC (RLIN) attributes to the baron d'Holbach, but this attribution is refuted by J. Vercruysse,...

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Systême de la nature, ou, Des loix du monde physique et du monde moral (v.1)

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789); Mirabeau, Jean-Baptiste de (1675-1760)

1781

Fictitious imprint. First edition (1770) published by the author as the work of Mirabaud [i.e. Jean Baptiste de Mirabaud] Cf. Nouv. biographie générale, v. 24 (1861) p. 927.

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Systême de la nature, ou, Des loix du monde physique et du monde moral (v.2)

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789); Mirabeau, Jean-Baptiste de (1675-1760)

1781

Fictitious imprint. First edition (1770) published by the author as the work of Mirabaud [i.e. Jean Baptiste de Mirabaud] Cf. Nouv. biographie générale, v. 24 (1861) p. 927.

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Le militaire philosophe, ou, Difficultés sur la religion proposées au R.P. Malebranche, prêtre de l'Oratoire

Naigeon, Jacques André (1738-1810); Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789); Challes, Robert (1659-1720)

1768

Authorship variously attributed to J.A. Naigeon, baron d'Holbach (the last chapter), Robert Challes and others, cf. BN 122:600, Vercruysse, J. Bib.... du baron d'Holbach, 1768 (B2), Barbier, A.A. Ouvr...

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De la cruauté religieuse

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789)

1769

A free abridged translation by Holbach of an English work published in the second edition with title: Considerations upon war, upon cruelty in general, and religious cruelty in particular.

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La contagion sacrée : ou, Histoire naturelle de la superstition. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglois

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789); Trenchard, John (1662-1723)

1768

Fictitious imprint: actually published in Amsterdam, by M.M. Rey.

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L'enfer détruit ou, Examen raisonné du dogme de l'éternité des peines. Ouvrages traduits de l'anglois

Richardson, Samuel (fl. 1643-1658); Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789)

1769

The first half of the work is a suppositious translation from the English by von Holbach.

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Les plaisirs de l'imagination : Poeme en trois chants

Akenside, Mark (1721-1770); Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789)

1759

Translated by Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach.

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Traité du soufre : ou, Remarques sur la dispute qui s'est élevée entre les chymistes, au sujet du soufre, tant commun, combustible ou volatil, que fixe, &c

Stahl, Georg Ernst (1660-1734); Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789); Didot, Pierre François (1732-1795)

1766

Cole, W. A. Chemical literature 1248.

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De l'imposture sacerdotale, ou, Recueil de pièces sur le clergé. Traduites de l'anglois

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789)

1767

Added t.p. : Imposture sacerdotale.

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