A Master-Key To Popery: In Five Parts… Containing A Discourse of The Most Secret Practices Of The Secular And Romish Priests In The Auricular Confession…
by Gavin, D
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- Hardcover
- first
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Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
200 pp. Later ¾ morocco and cloth. Gilt. Ink signature on title, spme extremity wear, some foxing and browning; else very good. The 1st American edition recorded in Evans as one of the most widely circulated works of anti-Catholic invective ever written, based on the 3rd London edition. Gavin who was born and studied in Spain, and receiving his ordination in the Church of Rome as a secular priest, he declared himself a Protestant and escaped to England in the guise of an army officer. In 1715, he was appointed Minister of the Church of England. The DNB refers to this work "as a farrago of lies and libels, interspersed with indecent tales…." It was very popular among British and European readers.
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- Bookseller
- Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100223
- Title
- A Master-Key To Popery: In Five Parts… Containing A Discourse of The Most Secret Practices Of The Secular And Romish Priests In The Auricular Confession…
- Author
- Gavin, D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1773
- Keywords
- Anti-Catholic. Religion.
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