Title: The History of the Inquisitions; including The Secret Transactions of those Horrific Tribunals.

With 12 full page engraved plates including tortures and a multiple public burning. A history of the Inqusitions beginning some historical background the starting in ernest with the Papal reign of Innocent III. The Appendix contains short transcriptions of cases and proceedings and anecdotal items and a particularly gruesome detailed description of execution by burning. Written and intended with a clear anti-Catholic view.

John Joseph Stockdale (1770, 1776 or 1777 – 16 February 1847) was an English publisher and editor with something of a reputation as a pornographer. He sought to blackmail a number of public figures over the memoirs of society courtesan Harriette Wilson, drawing the notorious retort from the Duke of Wellington, Publish and be damned! He also famously sued the parliamentary reporter Hansard over an allegation that he had published an indecent book and became involved in an important constitutional clash between parliament and the courts that ultimately brought about a change in the law.

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