An Essay on the Nature, Design, and Origin of Sacrifices

Printed for J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate-Street, 1748. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full contemporary calf leather, five raised bands, blindstamped leather spine label, 8" x 5", viii, 354 pp _ 2 pp. of publisher's ads. About a 2" square scrape to bottom portion of front board, else VG. A longer work by the prolific pampleteer and controversialist who was also a friend and student of Isaac Newton. Despite his love of controversy, Emory University notes: "The collection [of papers held by Emory] provides evidence that Sykes was indeed a serious scholar and kept company with some of the noted English theologians of his time.