AN ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF THE ROMAN-CATHOLICK RELIGION Throughout the World.
London: J. Roberts, 1715. 1st Edition. Leather. 197p; x. A hardcover book bound in its original paneled calf. Very good condition for its age. Edges rubbed and surfaces have light scuff marks here and there. Old owner's markings on front endpapers and top of title page. Most pages lightly dampstained at the bottom. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure. Item #171101
The spine reads STEELE ON POPERY. From the title page: "Written for the Use of Pope Innocent XI. By Monsignor Cerri, Secretary of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide. Now First Translated from an Authentick Italian MS. Never Publish'd. To Which Is Added, a Discourse Concerning the State of Religion in England. Written in French, in the Time of K. Charles I. and Now First Translated. With a Large Dedication to the Present Pope; Giving Him a Very particular Account of the State of Religion Amongst Protestants; and of Several Other Matters of Importance Relating to Great-Britain. By Sir Richard Steele." Steele (1672-1729) co-founded THE SPECTATOR with Joseph Addison. In the preface to this work, Steele critiques the Catholic Church and the Pope from an English Protestant perspective.
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