The history of the inquisition : as it has subsisted in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Venice, Sicily, Sardinia, Milan, Poland, Flanders, &c. &c. : with a particular description of its secret prisons, modes of torture, style of accusation, trial, &c. &c. / abridged from the elaborate work of Philip Limborch ; introduced by an historical survey of the Christian church and illustrated by extracts from various writers and original manuscript, interesting particulars of persons who have suffered the terrors of that dark and sanguinary tribunal and political reflections on its revival in Spain ; by the decree of Ferdinand VII.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Limborch, Philippus van, 1633-1712.

Contributor:

Alfonso Cassuto Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Inquisition.

Penn Provenance:

Cassuto, Alfonso, 1910-1990 (bookplate) (former owner) (stamp) (Cassuto Collection copy)

Cockshutt Twistleton, Josias (bookplate) (Cassuto Collection copy)

Norman, Robert G. (autograph) (Cassuto Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 542 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Simpkin and Marshall, 1816.

Notes:

"Books published by Simpkin and Marshall": P. [543]-[544].

Includes bibliographical references (pages [xv]-xvi).

Local Notes:

Alfonso Cassuto Collection copy acquired for the Penn Libraries in 2014 from the Cassuto family in Portugal.

Cassuto Collection copy has bookplate (on front pastedown) and armorial blind stamp (on title leaf) of the library of Alfonso Cassuto.

Cassuto Collection copy has armorial bookplate ("J.C. Twistleton, Osbaston Hall.") of Josias Cockshutt Twistleton (ca. 1738-1821) on front pastedown; autograph ("Robert G. Norman.") on front free endpaper.

OCLC:

5967058