‎Ecclesia Catholica - Roman Catholic Church of England - James SMITH ( preface) - Right Hon. John the Sixteenth Earl of Shrewbury ( frontispiece portrait ) :‎
‎The Catholic Directory and Ecclesiastical Register for the year 1854. ( Being the second year after leap year.).‎

‎"4. London, T. Jones 63 Paternoster Row....., 1854, in-8°, frontispiece (steelengraved portrait Earl of Shrewsbury) + IV pp + 220 pp + (44)nn pp ( publicity). Bound in cream coloured silk, gilt papal supra libro on both covers (tiara and the two crossed keys), all edges gilt. The silk of the binding is dustsoiled, more so at the back cover. Still a reasonably good copy. This publication gathers an enormous amount of information on the Roman Catholic Church in England such as Roman catholic schools, names of the clergy etc. ; but also a memoir on the Earl of Shrewsbury, . It contains an interesting section with advertisements. Most of the items offered here do agree with the publication. E.g. booksellers with religious publications, organs, harmoniums, wax candles, ecclesiastical architectural artefacts etc. . But also false moustaches and whiskers, Woodcock's Wind Pills, Rowlands's Kalydor oil for a beautiful complexion...."‎

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