Sir Richard Steele’s Recantation:

Book Description

London: Printed for J. Moore, 1715. Prov’d in A Letter of Thanks from His Holiness Pope Clement XI. for the Service done the Catholick Church, by the Dedication and Preface of a late Book, Intitul’d, An Account of the State of the Roman Catholick Religion throughout the World. With a Copy of Verses added, By Mr. Sewell. [iv], 36pp., 8vo. With the half-title. Disbound. First edition, an anonymous attack. The satirical dedication, signed by Steele, was probably written by Benjamin Hoadley. Eight copies in OCLC.

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