Popes Ware-house or the Merchandise of the Whore of Rome. Caption title: The Monstrous and Abominable Cheats of the Romish-pedlars.
London: Parkhurst, Newman, Cockerill, Simmons, 1679. Popes Ware-house or the Merchandise of the Whore of Rome. Caption title: The Monstrous and Abominable Cheats of the Romish-pedlars. Titus Oates, Printed for Parkhurst, Newman, Cockerill, Simmons, London, 1679. 12 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches, 67pp.
Disbound and missing title page and other preliminary material (provided in copies). Deckle fore and bottom edges chipped. Light soiling. Nice rubrication on page one. Fair condition.
Explosive fabrication of a Jesuit conspiracy to kill King Charles.
"Titus Oates was an English priest and perjurer infamous for fabricating the 1678 Popish Plot, a fictitious Jesuit conspiracy to kill King Charles II and install his Catholic brother, James. His detailed but false testimony triggered anti-Catholic hysteria, leading to the execution of at least 35 innocent people and bolstering the Whig cause during the Exclusion Crisis. Eventually exposed, Oates was convicted of perjury, pilloried, flogged, and imprisoned for life, later pardoned after the Glorious Revolution." (Wikipedia). Item #2543
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