William Cobbett's History of the Reformation in England 1826 1st Edn Red Leather

Description: A history of the reformation, in England and Ireland; in a series of lettersBy William Cobbett [1826] first edition Fielding Lucas, Jun'r. (Baltimore, Maryland), 4 3/8 x 7 inches tall red full leather bound, blind tooled covers, four raised, knurled bands and gilt-lettered red leather label to spine, 339 pp. Slight rubbing to covers. Small chip to upper edge of blank front free-endpaper. Title page neatly re-margined at fore-edge. Otherwise, apart from a couple of pages with very slight marginal foxing, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this uncommon issue. OCLC (No. 2231798) locates only eight copies at institutions worldwide. No date, but the work was written between 1824-1826, and OCLC places the date at 1826. Printer Fielding Lucas, Jr. was located at 138 Market St. from 1822-1842, cf. Baltimore city directory. A broadside against the traditional Protestant historical narrative of the British reformation, stressing the lengthy and often bloody persecutions of Catholics in Britain and Ireland, written by English pamphleteer, farmer, journalist and (later) member of parliament William Cobbett (1763-1835). At the time this work was published in the States, Catholics in Britain were still forbidden to enter certain professions or to become members of parliament. Although the law was no longer enforced, it was officially still a crime to attend Mass or build a Catholic church. Though he was not a Catholic, Cobbett became a forceful advocate of Catholic Emancipation in Britain. Cobbett is today best known for his 1830 book, Rural Rides, which is still in print today.

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