Henry St. John. Letters on the Study and Use of History (1752)

St. John, Henry, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. Letters on the Study and Use of History (2 volume set). London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, 1752. [10894] Two volumes sometime rebound in modern brown buckram, ex library with bookplates stamped "withdrawn," remnants and scuff marks from removed spine labels. 8 x 5 inches, [iv], 315, [iv], 286, [iv] generally clean pages, some infrequent pencil marks, tight. Both half-titles are present; 4 pp. Contents at the end of vol. ii. Good. Hardcover. This work was seen, in it's day, as a bold attack on the Bible, for he discredits the veracity of the historical books contained therein. Contents: I - Of the study of history; II - Concerning the true use and advantage of it; III - An objection against the utility of history removed; The false and true aims of those who study it; Of the history of the first ages, with reflections on the state of ancient history, prophane and sacred; IV - That there is in history, sufficient authenticity to rend