Infernal Conference; Or Dialogues Of Devils on the many vices which abound in the civil and religious world. To which is added, A Looking-Glass For Professors Of Religion etc., etc. Also The Arians' and Socinians' Monitor.

A very good later cloth binding. 8vo. pp.4/pp.676 + Portrait frontis and 6 other full-page plates as called for. Black cloth covered boards. Smooth spine with red and gilt title label. Modern endpapers. All other pages lightly toned and soiled. Engravings toned and foxed. Old adhesive tape repairs to p.115-p.116. G+ . ** "John Macgowan (1726–1780) was a Scottish Baptist minister and author. Macgowan was a caustic controversial writer, who used allegory in devotional works. His books went through many editions in London, the North of England, and America. Several were published under pseudonyms such as "The Shaver" and "Pasquin Shaveblock". His major work, Infernal Conferences, or Dialogues of Devils, by the Listener, London, 1772, 2 vols. may have been suggested by The Dialogues of the Dead (London, 1760) of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton." - See Wikipedia. *** Full title reads: "Infernal Conference; Or Dialogues Of Devils on the many vices which abound in the civil and religious world. To Which is Added, A Looking-Glass for Professors of Religion; consisting of seven interesting and practical subjects. Together with Discourses on the Book of Ruth. Likewise Socinianism brought to the test; or Jesus Christ proved to be either the adorable God, or a notorious imposter; in twenty letters to the Rev. Dr. Priestley. Also the Arians' and Socinians' Monitor.".…