A Book about Religious Liberty in England – London, 1790 – Essays about the Status of Jews in England / "A Parable ...

A Book about Religious Liberty in England – London, 1790 – Essays about the Status of Jews in England / "A Parable against Persecution" by Benjamin Franklin
A Collection of Testimonies in Favor of Religious Liberty, In the Case of the Dissenters, Catholics and Jews, by a Christian Politician, [editor: Benjamin Vaughan]. London: C. Dilly, J. Johnson & J. Debrett, 1790. English.
A book about religious liberty and the status of Jews, Catholics and other minority groups in England. The editing of this book is attributed to Benjamin Vaughan (1751-1835), a British politician and one of the authors of the Treaty of Paris.
The book contains an essay titled "Facts and Observation respecting the Situation of the Jews in England", essays concerning the legal status of English Catholics and laws regarding religious liberty legislated in France and the United States, and more.
Printed in the book is "A Parable against Persecution" by Benjamin Franklin – a parable written in the style of the King James translation of the Bible, telling the story of an encounter between Abraham and a person of a different religion. It is said that Benjamin Franklin used to pretend he was reading this parable from the book of Genesis, presenting it as proof of the importance of religious tolerance.
[3] leaves, 119, XX pp, 23 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to first and last leaves) and creases. Slight tears and blemishes at margins of leaves. Uneven page trimming. Pen inscription on the leaf preceding the title page. New binding, with leather spine. New endpapers.
Not in NLI.