The Life of Saint Philip Howard. First Edited by Henry Granville, 14th Duke of Norfolk, E. M. in 1857 from a manuscript at Arundel Castle and now revised, with additional notes.

Hard cover red cloth bds, VG, clipped dust jacket, Good-, clear tape to top edge,closed tear to front hinge, a little furling and scuffiing to edges, contents fine and tight, no names etc., b/w frontis. of St Philip Howard, further b/w plates in centre of book, pp83. This biography is important ".from various points of view. it was written by a man who not only knew th eSaint but was familiar with the circumstances leading to his capture, long imprisonment and evntual death in the Tower of London.it paints a vivid picture of what a man of great wealth and opportunity was prepared to suffer for conscience sake in a period when religious persecution was particulary severe.".