12mo. In three volumes. [2], 310; [2], 350, [2], 328pp. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. III. Contemporary navy half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting.

The first edition of Horace Smith's (1779-1849) novel of the Reformation. Smith is predominantly remembered as being the author, along with his brother James, of Rejected Addresses (London, 1812) - a widely successful set of parodies of the great poets of the age.