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The Martyrs of Spain and the Liberators of Holland.
ANONYMOUS.
New York, NY: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1865.
Price: $45.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. xx + 584 pp. Half leather with pebbled cloth boards, leather spine label with gilt titling, raised bands, marbled page edges. Recent professional reback with original boards retained, nicely matched new spine, new endpapers. Juan Antonio Llorente (1756-1823) was the one-time Secretary General of the Inquisition of Madrid. Following the abolition of the Inquisition in 1808 by Napoleon, Llorente was put in charge of the archives of the Council of the Inquisition and of the Inquisition of Madrid, where he began work on his history, although he had to finish it in exile in France following Napoleon's defeat. The appearance of its first edition in Spanish in 1822 was extremely significant, as it provided reformers with irrefutable documentary evidence of the Inquisatorial excesses, which helped them bring a permanent end to the Inquisition. From a historical point of view it is also significant, as the first history of the Inquisition to be drawn from source materials that was not written by a blatant Church apologist. Interesting list at rear of the "casualties" of the Inquisition under each "Inquisitor-General". Boards lightly chafed, corners very lightly bumped, a few spots to title page and first & last few leaves, otherwise a sound and very clean VG + copy. Quite scarce.

The History of the Inquisition of Spain, from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. Composed from the Original Documents of the Archives of the Supreme Council, and from those of Subordinate Tribunals of the Holy Office.
LLORENTE, D. Jean Antoine.
London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1826.
Price: $500.00
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