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MONK, Maria. Awful Exposure Of The Atrocious Plot Formed By Certain Individuals Against The Clergy And Nuns Of Lower Canada, Through The Intervention Of Maria Monk. With An Authentic Narrative Of Her Life, From Her Birth To The Present Moment And An Account Of Her Impositions, Etc.
New York: Printed for Jones & Co., 1836. First edition, variant binding. 12mo., orig. dark green embossed cloth, printed paper spine label, (12), 1-131pp. With a contemporary bookplate, ‘Miss Leonara R. Smith’ on the front pastedown, the last 20 pp. have a dampstain, which while obvious does not affect the legibility of the text, scattered foxing as usual, small nick in the printed spine label not affecting text, lower corner of the front board bumped, but this is still better than very good, unworn copy of the first edition of one of the most famous Anti-Catholic publications of the 19th century. TPL 7395, notes binding of ‘embossed yellowish-brown cloth.’ Lande 1992. Sabin 49994.
Maria Monk (1816 – 1849) was a Canadian woman whose book ‘Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun’s Life in a Convent Exposed’ (1836) claimed to expose systematic sexual abuse of nuns and infanticide of the resulting children by Catholic priests in her convent in Montreal. The book is considered by scholars to be an anti-Catholic hoax. Monk’s book was published in an American atmosphere of anti-Catholic hostility (partly fueled by early 19th-century Irish and German Catholic immigration to the U.S.) and followed the 1834 Ursuline Convent Riots near Boston. Monk’s book caused a public outcry. Protestants in Montreal, Quebec, demanded an investigation, and the local bishop organized one. The inquiry found no evidence to support the claims, though many American Protestants refused to accept the conclusion and accused the bishop of dishonesty. Many details of the story seem to have originated with Monk's legal guardian, William K. Hoyte, an anti-Catholic activist, and his associates. The writers later sued each other for a share of the considerable profits, while Monk was left destitute.
$750
MONK, Maria. Awful Exposure Of The Atrocious Plot Formed By Certain Individuals Against The Clergy And Nuns Of Lower Canada, Through The Intervention Of Maria Monk. With An Authentic Narrative Of Her Life, From Her Birth To The Present Moment And An Account Of Her Impositions, Etc. New York: Printed for Jones & Co., 1836. First edition, variant binding. 12mo., orig. dark green embossed cloth, printed paper spine label, (12), 1-131pp. With a contemporary bookplate, ‘Miss Leonara R. Smith’ on the front pastedown, the last 20 pp. have a dampstain, which while obvious does not affect the legibility of the text, scattered foxing as usual, small nick in the printed spine label not affecting text, lower corner of the front board bumped, but this is still better than very good, unworn copy of the first edition of one of the most famous Anti-Catholic publications of the 19th century. TPL 7395, notes binding of ‘embossed yellowish-brown cloth.’ Lande 1992. Sabin 49994.
Maria Monk (1816 – 1849) was a Canadian woman whose book ‘Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun’s Life in a Convent Exposed’ (1836) claimed to expose systematic sexual abuse of nuns and infanticide of the resulting children by Catholic priests in her convent in Montreal. The book is considered by scholars to be an anti-Catholic hoax. Monk’s book was published in an American atmosphere of anti-Catholic hostility (partly fueled by early 19th-century Irish and German Catholic immigration to the U.S.) and followed the 1834 Ursuline Convent Riots near Boston. Monk’s book caused a public outcry. Protestants in Montreal, Quebec, demanded an investigation, and the local bishop organized one. The inquiry found no evidence to support the claims, though many American Protestants refused to accept the conclusion and accused the bishop of dishonesty. Many details of the story seem to have originated with Monk's legal guardian, William K. Hoyte, an anti-Catholic activist, and his associates. The writers later sued each other for a share of the considerable profits, while Monk was left destitute.
$750
