GEDDES, MICHAEL. Miscellaneous Tracts:

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Lot 163

(INQUISITION).

GEDDES, MICHAEL. Miscellaneous Tracts:

Viz. I: The History of the Expulsion of the Moriscoes out of Spain… II: The History of the Wars of the Commons of Castille… III: A View of the Spanish Cortes, or Parliament. IV: An Account of the Manuscriptss… in the Mountains of Granada… V: A View of the Inquisition of Portugal… VI: A Spanish Protestant Martyrology. <<FIRST EDITION.>> The Alfonso Cassutto copy (with his Booksplate). pp. (4), 1-336, 327-358, 369-478, (2). Pagination erratic. Title-page through p. 10 wormed. Contemporary blind-tooled paneled calf. 8vo.

London: A. & J. Churchill 1702

Est: $300 - $500

Listed on pp. 417-448 are those New Christians accused of the "crime of Judaism,” and "professing the Law of Moses," accompanied by their varied corresponding punishments: Imprisonment, banishment to Brazil, whipping, strangulation, or being burnt to ashes.