1831 The Extraordinary Black Book; An exposition of the United Church of England and Ireland

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

First published in 1820 and passing through a number of editions, continually augmented with new arguments, accounts and statistics, this first edition thus revises and corrects the original, and is frequently cited as the most important, in being published on the eve of the Reform Bill.

Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece.

This work exposes corruption and financial mismanagement in the Crown, government and Church of Britain and Ireland, and was published to generate support for government reform. At a time of great upheaval in British history following the death of George IV, the producer's of this work were largely responsible for bringing about the Reform Act of 1832.