Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - RARE EPHEMERAL ITEM -MIDDLE HILL PRESS (private press founded by Sir Thomas Phillipps in Broadway Tower, Worcestershire).An untitled prose piece from Sir Thomas Phillipps' Middle Hill Press, comprising an anti-Catholic tale about a confessor who, we are invited to believe, advises the prostitutes in Macao to copulate with Christians rather than the infidel Chinese, printed circa 1863. No publisher, place or date stated. But Middle Hill Press, Cheltenham, circa 1863. 4pp (two pages of text and two integral blanks). Approx. 450 words in total. Size: small 8vo (16.7cm x 10.4cm).Good condition. The two exterior pages somwhat age-toned. Tiny puncture marks on the spine suggest the piece was originally bound in a larger volume. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.The piece begins 'In April 1689 a Portuguese priest came to Macao, called Father Nicholas.' Of great rarity. key words:
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Place of Publication: Cheltenham
Non-Fiction Subject: Religion, Spirituality & Bibles
Language: English
Author: Sir Thomas Phillipps
Original/Reproduction: Original
Publisher: Middle Hill Press
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1863
