An exact and faithful narrative of the horrid conspiracy of Thomas Knox, William Osborne, and John Lane, to invalidate the testimonies of Dr. Titus Oates, and Mr. William Bedlow by charging them with a malicious contrivance against the E. of Danby, and the said Dr. Oates with an attempt of sodomy wherein are exemplified from the originals.
London: Print for Tho. Parkhurst, Tho. Cokerill and Benj. Alfop, (1680).
Item #8785
Titus Oakes was a religious fanatic and conspiracy monger during the "Popish plots" in the late 17th century. He was also a known homosexual (expelled from several schools in his early life for sodomy) and was eventually found guilty of perjury in 1685. See Norton, R. Mother Clap's Molly House @34; Herrup, C. A House in Gross Disorder @128. In the 1630s, the sensational Castlehaven affair had whetted the appetites of those who equated homosexuality with the degeneracy of the Catholic church in England.
Folio pamplet (31 x 20cm), sewn, but separated from a bound volume. pp. [8],24,33-36. The jump in pagination is common to all copies & a printer's pagination error. Slightly frayed on the lower outer margins, light dampstain affecting upper inner margin first few leaves, otherwise very good. [Wing O41; Watt 713r].
Price: $750.00