The True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mahomet. With A Discourse annex'd, for the Vindicating of Christianity from this Charge; Offered to the Consideration of the Deists of the present age.

The True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mohomet. With A Discourse annex'd, for the Vindicating of Christianity from this Charge; Offered to the Consideration of the Deists of the Present Age. By Humphrey Prideaux. Published in London by William Rogers in 1697. Second edition, corrected -- the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions were all published in 1697 by William Rogers, with subsequent editions published in 1698 and thereafter. 7.5 x 4.5", full calf likely original boards with lovely decorative pattern expertly sketched into leather of both front and back boards, raised bands with a leather spine restored with considerable professional skill, spine label with bright gilt lettering. Pages firmly bound and in excellent condition, xxiii, 1-162, 1-180 pp. Bound with "A Discourse For The Vindication Of Christianity From The Charge Of Imposture Offered by Way of a Letter to the Deists." (Last page of the Letter to the Deists has slight tear that does not interfere with any text.) Contemporary penciled numerical notation on interior front blank page. Worldcat indicates only 2 publicly available copies, one at the Schwarzman research center at the New York Public Library and one at the National Library of Israel. A wonderful and exceedingly scarce copy.…