The protestant. Nos 1-7, 12-13, 20-49

New York: Robert Nesbit, 1830. 4to, a broken run of issues from Nos. 1-49, missing 8-11 and 14-19. Pp 1-56, 89-104, 153-392; contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, boards loose, occasional foxing, one leaf with a large closed tear causing some loss of text, the following leaf with a smaller closed tear; all else very good. A biweekly paper dedicated to the exposure of "Popery." "The Protestant will include - Narratives displaying the rise and progress of the Papacy; its spirit and character in former periods; its modern pretensions; and its present enterprising efforts to recover and extend its unholy dominion, especially on the Western Continent. Biographical notices of Martyrs; reformers; and popish persecutors. Essays describing the doctrines, discipline, and ceremonies of the Romish Hierarchy... Illustrations of sacred Prophecy relative to the mystical Babylon. A faithful expose of the moral and religious condition of Lower Canada debased by the prevalence of the Roman Supremacy. And a notice of all interesting religious occurrences." Item #60076

Price: $400.00