William Cobbett / HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND

Description: A HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANT "REFORMATION," IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND; SHOWING HOW THAT EVENT HAS IMPOVERISHED AND DEGRADED THE MAIN BODY OF THE PEOPLE IN THOSE COUNTRIES. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO ALL SENSIBLE AND JUST ENGLISHMEN. (TWO PARTS, BOUND TOGETHER) Author: Cobbett, William Title: A HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANT "REFORMATION," IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND; SHOWING HOW THAT EVENT HAS IMPOVERISHED AND DEGRADED THE MAIN BODY OF THE PEOPLE IN THOSE COUNTRIES. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO ALL SENSIBLE AND JUST ENGLISHMEN. (TWO PARTS, BOUND TOGETHER) Publication: London, England: Charles Clement (Part I) / William Cobbett (Part II), 1824/1827 Description: Hardcover. 12mo, 7.25 in. x 4.25 in. Unpaginated. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title, seven pairs of band lines, and blind-stamped fleurons to spine. Marbled edges. Rubbing to marbled boards; light sunning to spine. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, with ink signature of another previous owner on bookplate. Two separate title pages. Pages supple and clean throughout. Very Good. 1824 portion of publication has sixteen letters, comprising 478 sequentially numbered paragraphs. 1827 portion ("Part Second") has a 52 sequentially-numbered paragraph introduction, and then a lengthy (~150 pages) "List of the Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals and Other Religious Foundations, in England and Wales, and in Ireland, confiscated, seized on, or alienated, by the Protestant 'Reformation' Sovereigns and Parliaments."The bookplate is that of Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney, who was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857. A leading liberal and president of the Ulster Reform Club, he unsuccessfully sought a peerage in 1869. On Gladstone's recommendation he was eventually enobled on 10 April 1873, taking the title Baron Waveney. In the 1860s and 1870s he published a number of pamphlets on the Church of Ireland and similar topics, and regarded himself as an expert on Italy. (from Dictionary of Irish Biography). Seller ID: 86495 Subject: Irish & Ireland: History Aardvark Rare Books Eugene, OR We work hard to make your Bookbuying Experience safe, easy and fun. Aardvark Books is a proud member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association. Ezra is also an accredited and Qualified Appraiser of Books and Manuscripts, with a designation from the ASA (American Society of Appraisers), with considerable Archive experience as well. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations are sent via the US Postal Service. Faster shipping is available, please ask before paying. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time in order to help reduce costs. International shipping is also available. Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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