Memoirs of the life of John Gordon, . of Glencat, in the county of Aberdeen in Scotland: who was thirteen years in the Scotch College at Paris, among the Secular Clergy. Wherein the absurdities and delusions of popery are laid open, the history of Baianism, Jansenism, and the Constitution Unigenitus, impartially related, and the infallibility of the Romish Church is confuted. To which is prefix'd, a testimonial from the Presbytery of Edinburgh, of the Author's renouncing popery, and embracing the Protestant Religion. As also a letter of protection from the Lord Chief-Justice Clerk at Edinburgh to the Author. By John Gordon, A.M. To which is now added, a second part, not printed before, containing, I. A refutation of the supremacy of the Roman Church. II. An exact chronological history of all the popes from St. Peter to the present time, with a brief account of what is most remarkable in their lives. III. The popish doctrine of indulgences.
John A. M. Gordon
Category
Books
Date
1734
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3142157
Summary
Bibliographic description
11,[1],132,[2],83,[1]p., [2] plates . ill.. . 12mo.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; gilt fillet border; five raised bands; spine gilt ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "Memoir of Gordon".
Makers and roles
John A. M. Gordon