1612 - The Mysterie of Iniquitie by Philip Morney, Knight, Lord du Plessis

Hardcover.  Condition: Good./Good+ 1612. Printed by Adam Islip. 

The mystery of Iniquity: That is to say, the historie of the papacie. Declaring by what degrees it is now mounted to this height and hat oppositions the better sort from time to time have made against it.

Where is also defended the right of Emperor, Kings, and Christian Princes aganst the assertations of the Cardinals, Bellarmine and Baronius.

By Philip Morney and Englihed by Samson Lennard.

Ownership signature of Thomas Johnson, likely this Thomas Johnson and not the botanist.

Early English edition of this influential Protestant polemic against the papacy, written by the French Huguenot statesman and theologian Philippe de Mornay (1549–1623) and translated into English by Samson Lennard. The work traces the historical development of papal authority and argues against the political and religious power of Rome.

The engraved title features the striking Tower of Babel woodcut emblem, a visual allegory frequently associated with Reformation critiques of the papacy. Bound in later full calf with raised bands and morocco spine label, Restored copy— with repairs to margins, minor loss of text noted; stains, pest marks.