Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk; or the Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed
by MONK Maria
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
Philadelphia: T B Peterson, 1836 (500 grams) undated apart from the preface, assumed to be an early reprint as at the rear there are Protestant 'vindications' of the veracity of the account in response to Catholic denials, bue cloth with black decoration and a pasted on coloured plate to cover, gilt titling, rubbed edges, age browned endpapers, hinge open at half title, 192pp with 'upwards of forty engravings', the true confessions of an escaped Catholic nun who fled her American convent and exposed the abuses she was subject to . reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.
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- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004935
- Title
- Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk; or the Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed
- Author
- MONK Maria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- T B Peterson
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1836
- Keywords
- Catholic Papist Christian Religious House Nun Bride of Christ American Nunnery Convent Exposure Exploitation History
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