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Spanish Inquisition.- Gonzalez de Montes (Raimundo, pseudonym) A Discovery and playne Declaration of sundry subtill practices of the Holy Inquisition of Spayne, translated by Vincent Skinner, first edition in English, black letter, title within typographical woodcut border, woodcut initials, decorations and printer's device at end, with final blank f., title a little soiled and with ink ownership inscription to head, occasional light soiling or staining to margins, 2C and 2D gatherings with staining to text, 2D2 silked with marginal repairs, last 2ff. restored at foot, not affecting text, front free endpaper detached, bookplate to pastedown, 19th century calf, rebacked, corners bumped, [STC 11996], small 4to, by Jhon Day, dwelling ouer Aldersgate, beneath S. Martines. And are to be solde at his shop vnder the gate, 1568. ⁂ First edition in English of one of the most important and influential contemporary accounts of the Spanish Inquisition. Gonzalez de Montes is a pseudonym, and the work is thought to be written by either Antonion del Corro, a Spanish monk who converted to Catholicism, or Casiodoro de Reina, a protestant theologian, both of whom fled Spain to escape the Inquisition and spent some time in London. A Discovery and playne Declaration places the reader in the role of an individual accused by the Inquisition, describing in detail the horrors of interrogation, torture and mock trials. Provenance: James Everett (ink inscription); Otten Orren Fisher (bookplate).