PUIGBLANCH, ANTONIO. The Inquisition Unmasked: being an Historical and Philosophical Account of that Tremendous Tribunal, founded on Authentic Documents; and exhibiting the Necessity of its Suppression, as a Means of Reform and Regeneration.
The Inquisition Unmasked: being an Historical and Philosophical Account of that Tremendous Tribunal, founded on Authentic Documents; and exhibiting the Necessity of its Suppression, as a Means of Reform and Regeneration.
Written and published at a Time when the National Congress of Spain was about to deliberate on this important measure. 2 volumes.
London, printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816, Modern hleather on marbled boards., LXXXIII, 362; 472 pp. and 11 engr. plates, of which one is folded. Ex libris of previous owner and names of two other previous owners. Some brownings. Decorative binding. Binding tight. Complete and in fine condition.
* Antonio Puig i Blanch (Puigblanch) (1775-1840), was a Spanish philologist and politician. In 1806 he became professor in Hebrew at the University of Alcala de Henares. During the Spanish War of Independence against the French invasion (1808-1814) the representatives of the Spanish Government escaped to Seville and then to Cádiz. At this time Puigblanch stood out among the liberals, who took advantage of these exceptional circumstances to make political reforms. From 1811 – 1813 he wrote ‘La Inquisición sin máscara’ under the pseudonym of Natanael Yomtob. This fierce comdemnation of the Tribunal of the Inquisition forced him into exile to England in 1815, where he published the English translation of his work, ‘The Inquisition Unmasked’.
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