Campion (Edmund).- Particular declaration or testimony (A), of the undutifull and traiterous

Campion (Edmund).- Particular declaration or testimony (A), of the undutifull and traiterous affection borne against her Maiestie by Edmond Campion Jesuite, and other condemned Priestes..., first edition, with initial blank leaf and colophon leaf D4, large woodcut of Royal Arms on verso of title, woodcut initials, printed mostly in black letter, initial blank with later ink note to verso, small ink letter to title fore-margin, trimmed close at head, touching one or two headlines and shaving headline to D1, modern cloth, g.e., [Pfrozheimer 125; STC 4536], 8vo (183 x 112mm.), Christopher Barker, 1582.*** "The official statement of her Majesty's government regarding the condemnation of Campion and the other catholics then in the tower" (Pforzheimer). The Jesuit mission to reconvert England to Catholicism had been authorised by Pope Pius V in the wake of his excommunication of Elizabeth in 1570. Provenance: Downside Abbey Library (bookplate; ink-stamps to initial blank and title verso).