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Holbach clandestinely published Christianity Unveiled under
the name of Nicholas Boulanger (1722-1759), an actual scholar who was
then deceased. Although some sources give 1761 or 1765 as the year
of publication, the most recent English translator, David M. Holohan, has concluded that the work
could not have been published earlier than 1766.
Christianity Unveiled was first translated into English
in 1795 by an American, William Martin Johnson (1771?-1797), of
whom little appears to be known. This online version is based on
the British edition of Johnson's translation, published in 1819 by
Richard Carlile.