Discourse addressed to the Catholic congregation at Cannington in the County of Somerset, June 25, 1843

In two volumes. 91, [1]; 93-121pp. Stitched in blue wrappers. Slight rubbing to extremities. Very occasional light spotting. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP of first volumeI: 'Master Thomas Knight from his friend Henry Clifford. Illybrooke Oct. 19. 1843'. The first edition, printed at the Roman Catholic seminary of Prior Park, of a discourse intended to inspire the Catholics of Cannington with the 'miracle of the instantaneous cure' of Henry Clifford at Freiburg in 1843. Clifford, suffering from a wound which caused lameness in one foot, touched the Seamless robe of Argenteuil, one of several cloth pieces claiming to be the tunic of Christ, and was immediately healed. It would seem that the work was produced with the hope that the event would be formally considered a miracle by the Church, indeed the discourse concludes with incredulity that a Protestant gentleman present had avowed the cure as miraculous, yet the Church had as of yet not. COPAC records a single copy of the complete text (BL); OCLC records copies of the first part at just three locations (Emory, NLA, and NLW). Size: 8vo.