Craig, Robert. A Refutation of certain primary Doctrines of Popery, in a series of Theological Dissertations in which it is demonstrated, that the Italian or Roman Church has long ceased to be Orthodox; and that any sect of professing Christians who believe that the Bishop of Rome is Head of the Universal Church, and Centre of Christian Unity, do not hold the Catholic Faith, that is, are not Orthodox. Dublin: Printed by Joshua A. Porter, 1823. First Edition. [10612]
Two volumes, cloth spines, plain blue boards, boards are detached and the books are shaken with some detached signatures, 9 x 5 1/2 inches, "Mercantile Library" emboss stamps on binding, several oval ink stamps within; paper card pockets at the back of both volumes. Pink engraved bookseller's ticket inside volume one: "T. Walsh, Wholesale & Retail Book Seller, 25 Charles Street, near the Four Courts, Dublin." Each Dissertation numbered separately; the text of both volumes is complete. Vol. I. [i]-xxiv., [1], [1]-93, [1], [i]-iii, [errata leaf], [1]-86, [1]-114. Vol. II. [i-ii], [1]-74, [1]-113, [1], [i]-xvii, [1], [1]-162. This second volume is complete but no longer bound together. We found one torn page in the set, with no loss of text or paper. The page edges are untrimmed. Poor. Hardcover.
Title continues: Also, a Demonstrative Argument, founded chiefly on the Facts of Revealed Scripture, that Peter Never Was the Bishop of Rome.
Robert Craig (c.1775-1829), b. Donegal, Ireland; d. Frescati, Dublin, Ireland. He graduated with honors from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1801, with premiums in Hebrew, Latin, Mathematics, and Greek (Gold medal). He became a school teacher and "by use of his wife's fortune purchased Frescate House and Demesne...opening Frescati school on 1st April, 1807...His pupils excelled and his staff were well paid...His book 'Refutation of Popery' was published in two volumes in 1823/4." - Craig Family of Frescati, at Stillorgan Genealogy & History online.
