Father Tom and the Pope, or a Night in the Vatican

(Ferguson, Samuel)

Verlag: A. Simpson, New York, 1867

Hardcover. According to the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Peter Denman, contributor), Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810-86) "wrote 'Fr Tom and the pope', a burlesque targeting Fr Thomas Maguire (1792-1847) a catholic controversialist, for Blackwood's. The story was frequently reprinted in the nineteenth century, because it is richly comic but also as an anti-catholic squib," but Ferguson was long wary of admitting authorship. Ferguson was an Irish poet and archivist who also studied law and was a member of the Irish bar. In 1878 Ferguson was knighted. He also received honorary degrees from Dublin University (1865) and Edinburgh (1884). Small quarto. Maroon cloth-covered boards with gilt title to spine. Top edge of pages in gilt. Some wear at corners and ends of spine. Interior is clean and bright. Literature. LIT2/6290. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6420

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Father Tom and the Pope, or a Night in the ...
Verlag: A. Simpson, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1867
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good