Superstition in all ages
By: by Jean Meslier, a Roman Catholic priest, who after a pastoral service of thirty years at Etrepigny and But in Champagne, France, wholly abjured religious dogmas, and left as his last will and testament to his parishioners, and to the world, to be published after his death, the following pages, entitled Common sense ; translated from the French original by Anna Knoop
Contributors: Meslier, Jean, 1664-1729; Knoop, Anna; Voltaire, 1694-1778
Series: ATLA monograph preservation program -- ATLA fiche 1985-1623.
Publisher: Peter Eckler
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [microform] /
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Christianity; Controversial literature; Catholic Church
Other titles: Common sense.
Work titles: Bon-sens
Notes: Translation of: Le bon sens du cure J. Meslier suivi de son testament.

The 1830 text, of which this is a translation, is the same as Holbach's Le bon sens ou idées naturelles opposées aux idées surnaturelles, published in 1772; Meslier's Testament also is closely attached to Holbach (see Nouvell biographie générale, v. 35-36); the Testament was first published by Voltaire; another edition Bon sens was published in 1791 under the pseudonym, Meslier. The Bon sens and the Testament were later published as one work, Catéchisme du Curé Meslier. (See Allgemeine deutsche biographie, Grand Larousse, Barbier's Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes, Gran dictionnaire universel (Larousse), and Querard's Supercheries litteraires dévoilées)

Microfiche. Chicago : American Theological Library Association, 1985. 1 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm. High reduction. Silver based film. (ATLA monograph preservation program ; ATLA fiche 1985-1623)
Table of contents: title: Common sense; title: Abstract of the Testament of Jean Meslier / by Voltaire.