The History of the Wicked Plots – Henry Foulis – 1662 | Polemical Anti-Jesuit Folio
Foulis’s 1662 anti-Jesuit folio accuses Jesuits and Puritans of working against Church and crown. Bound in original boards with modern leather spine and gilt title. Folio format.
The History of the Wicked Plots and Conspiracies of Our Pretended Saints by Henry Foulis is a 1662 attack on Jesuits and radical Protestants. This book accuses these religious sects of plotting against the English monarchy and the Church of England. Foulis focuses on the rise of the Jesuits, describing their growth and developments following the English Civil War.
This first edition was published when the tensions between religious groups were high.
Bibliographic Details
- Title: The History of the Wicked Plots and Conspiracies of Our Pretended Saints: Representing the Beginning, Constitution, and Designs of the Jesuite
- Author(s): Henry Foulis
- Illustrator(s):
- Contributor(s):
- Publisher: London: Printed by E. Cotes, for A. Seile
- Edition: First edition, 1662.
- Format: Folio (single volume)
- Binding: Full leather; original boards
- Size: 11.25 in x 7.5 in (28.6 cm x 19 cm)
- Collation: [16], 247 pp
- (page 135 misnumbered 134)
- Illustrations:
- Contents Include:
- Address to the reader
- Section on Jesuit beginnings
- Arguments against Presbyterianism
- Defense of the Church of England
- Provenance: provenance
- Reference(s): references
Condition:
Very Good. Bound with original boards and modern leather spine. Spine title in gilt. Pages toned with light foxing. Text complete. Binding secure.
Why Collect This?
- Restoration-era religious polemic and expose
Item Number: # 29331
Categories
Law & Government
European History
Religion
Authors
Henry Foulis
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Very Good
Collation
Complete