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(RELIGION.) Rice, N.L. An Account of the Law-Suit Instituted by Rev. G.A.M. Elder . . . for a Pretended Libel on . . .a Roman Priest, together with some Remarks on Celibacy and Nunneries. 12mo, contemporary cloth, minor wear, remnants of original printed spine label; minor foxing and faint dampstaining; early gift inscription on front free endpaper. Louisville, KY, 1837
Rice was a Presbyterian minister in Bardstown, KY who found himself in an increasingly public war of words with the local Catholic church. When he published an article about the mysterious disappearance of a nun, a law-suit followed, and then this virulently anti-Catholic tract. Kentucky Imprints 1074; Sabin 70848. Not seen at auction since 1981.
