Auction 877, Lot # 274

Bower, Archibald. Authentic Memoirs Concerning the Portuguese Inquisition, Never Before Published: With Remarks on the Infamous Character Given of the British Nation, by a Late Apologist for that Horrid Tribunal. London: Printed for W. Sandby, 1761.
8o. marquilla, XV + 528 p. Also reflections on ancient and modern popery, and the causes of its presen alarming progress in this kingdom. To which are added, several striking facts relatingto the portuguese jesuits, and the conduct of the court of Rome; with a recent instance of the execrable practices of their brethren in England, wherein is shewn the Tendency of Jesuitism to promote universal corruption of manners. In a series of letters to a friend. Lomo nuevo. Encuadernado en pasta dura, en piel.
Escrita en forma epistolar, narra los excesos y atrocidades cometidas por el Tribunal de la Santa Inquisición en Portugal y sus dominios de ultramar: Brasil, África Occidental y Goa. El autor hace una reacia crítica a las acciones llevadas a cabo por la orden de los jesuitas, a quienes llama enemigos de todos los gobiernos, langostas, rebeldes y traidores.

Estimado $7,000-9,000