[Marsh, George Perkins]. Mediæval and Modern Miracles; not ab uno e Societate Jesu. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. First Edition. [8824]
Green publisher's cloth, gilt titles to spine, binding very good, tight, some flecking or rubbing to the covers. 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 307 clean pp., index, Latin appendices, publisher's catalogue. Very good. Hardcover.
An exposé of the "pretensions of Catholicism...The evidence respecting the real doctrines and history of the Romish Church is often to be found only in voluminous collections rare in Protestant countries, or in works existing only in foreign languages...The writer thinks he will render a service to the cause of truth by laying before the public, in a popular form, facts not familiarly known to American and English readers, but which have an important bearing on the claims to universal spiritual and temporarily dominion expressly or virtually advanced by Rome. He has been careful to draw his statements and illustrations from sources undeniably trustworthy, and, in nearly all cases, recognized by the Church itself as authoritative." - Preface.
George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), b. Woodstock, VT; d. Ballombrosa, Italy. Marsh was an American politician and diplomat, appointed by President Zachary Taylor to the as Minister Resident to the Ottoman Empire and by President Lincoln as ambassador to Italy. A noted philologist, Marsh was able to speak and write fluently in 20 different languages, and contributed many articles to the scholarly press, including many articles for Johnson's Universal Encyclopedia. He was prominent in the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary as the editor for American readers. His book Man and Nature is considered to be the first statement of environmental conservation theory, and was instrumental in establishing the Adirondack Park in New York State.