A compleat history of the intrigues of priests and nuns : Wherein is contain'd, I. The adventures of the most principal of them, with their Method of Courtship. II. Their Confessions, with the lewd Use made of them. III. The Case of Miss Catherine Cadiere. IV. A signal Cheat, transacted by the Dominicans. V. The case of seduction; with an Account of the Proceedings against the Abbe de Rues, for Committing Rapes on 133 Maidens. To which is added, Rome's custom-house for sin: or, a table of the several sums of money to be paid for dispensations of all Crimes and Villanies. Adorn'd with cuts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

G. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adventure stories--Early works to 1800.

Adventure stories.

Religious fiction, English--Early works to 1800.

Religious fiction, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256[8],29,[11]p.,plates )

Other Title:

Compleat history of the intrigues of priests and nuns.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Richard Adams, at Dryden's Head Holborn-Bars, 1746.

Notes:

Preface signed: G. B.

Titlepage in red and black.

'The case of seduction' has a separate titlepage with the statement: 'The fourth edition' and the undated imprint: 'London: printed for John Marshall'.

'Rome's custom-house for sin' has a separate titlepage, with the imprint: 'London: printed for A. Ward, 1746' and separate pagination and register.

Reproduction of original from National Library of Wales.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T199407.

OCLC:

642526646