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Auction archive: Lot number 26

Popery.- Carlile (Christopher) A Discourse. Wherein is plainly proved by the order of time and place, that Peter was never at Rome. Furthermore that neither Peter nor the Pope is the head of Christes church, 1572.

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,885 - US$2,514
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 26

Popery.- Carlile (Christopher) A Discourse. Wherein is plainly proved by the order of time and place, that Peter was never at Rome. Furthermore that neither Peter nor the Pope is the head of Christes church, 1572.

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,885 - US$2,514
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Popery.- [Carlile (Christopher)] A Discourse. Wherein is plainly proved by the order of time and place, that Peter was never at Rome. Furthermore that neither Peter nor the Pope is the head of Christes Church, mostly black letter, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials, lacking final blank f., title soiled and with several neat repairs, not affecting text, damp-staining, some creasing to corners, modern antique-style calf, [STC 4655], small 4to, by Tho. East, and H Myddleton: for William Norton, Anno salutis, 1572. ⁂ Carlile's rare anti-Catholic treatise, includes a three page poem attacking the Pope: 'His nose doth snuf forth hellish fumes/ his tunge is stinge of death/ His face of mischeef mirrour is/ and poisoned is his breath'.

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Popery.- [Carlile (Christopher)] A Discourse. Wherein is plainly proved by the order of time and place, that Peter was never at Rome. Furthermore that neither Peter nor the Pope is the head of Christes Church, mostly black letter, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials, lacking final blank f., title soiled and with several neat repairs, not affecting text, damp-staining, some creasing to corners, modern antique-style calf, [STC 4655], small 4to, by Tho. East, and H Myddleton: for William Norton, Anno salutis, 1572. ⁂ Carlile's rare anti-Catholic treatise, includes a three page poem attacking the Pope: 'His nose doth snuf forth hellish fumes/ his tunge is stinge of death/ His face of mischeef mirrour is/ and poisoned is his breath'.

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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