Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(INQUISITION.) Evans, Katherine; and Cheevers, Sarah. This is a Short Relation of Some of the Cruel Sufferings (for the Truths Sake) of Katharine Evans & Sarah Chevers, in the Inquisition in the Isle of Malta, who have suffered there above Three Years, by the Pope's Authority. [8], 103, [1] pages. 4to, 19th-century 1/2 calf, spine rubbed, missing portions at top and bottom, front joint cracked, cords intact; contents soiled, scattered marginal dampstains, last leaf torn at top and bottom and restored with missing text supplied in manuscript. London: Robert Wilson, 1662

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first edition of a collection of documents and letters pertaining to the imprisonment of 2 Quaker missionaries by the Inquisition in Malta. Wing T935.