Un Chef de Famille, or, An Expounder of the Thephilanthropic Worship, or, Natural Religion, at Paris, in his Dress of Office. *** In Paris, Twelve Churches, only, remain open for Public Worship. The Catholics use them from 6 'till 10 in the morning, & the Theophilanthropes occupy them the remainder of the day.
[n.d., c.1797.]
Coloured engraving. 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4"). Trimmed to printed border at bottom.
A portrait of a minister of the French Revolution's new "Deistic' sect. Voltaire, Montesquieu & Robespierre were deistics for a short time led by Robespierre "cult supreme being" was the formal religion. It was banned by Napoleon in 1802.
[Ref: 58956] £260.00
Coloured engraving. 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4"). Trimmed to printed border at bottom.
A portrait of a minister of the French Revolution's new "Deistic' sect. Voltaire, Montesquieu & Robespierre were deistics for a short time led by Robespierre "cult supreme being" was the formal religion. It was banned by Napoleon in 1802.
[Ref: 58956] £260.00