AEV5660

Title

Subject

Description

In this English translation of the Baron of Holbach's atheistic manifesto, Bon Sens, ou idées naturelles opposées aux idées surnaturelles, first published at Amsterdam in 1772, the lengthy footnote on page 137 explaining how priests were "enemies of public liberty" was excised from all copies.

Creator

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d', 1723–1789.

Source

AEV5660. Paul Henri Thiry, Baron of Holbach (1723–1789). Common sense: or, Natural ideas opposed to supernatural . . . Translated from the French. New York: [s.n.], 1795.

Relation

Expurgations

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

English

Type

Censored religious text

Collection

"Heresy and Error": The Ecclesiastical Censorship of Books, 1400–1800

Citation

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d', 1723–1789., “AEV5660,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1896.