Alanus Cardinales (Original Antique Engraving Of Cardinal William Allen)

Paris (?) Circa 1675-1681, 1675. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Very Good. Original Engraving. Trimmed To 3/16" Margins All Around. One Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. William Allen (1532 1594) Was An English Cardinal Of The Roman Catholic Church. He Was An Ordained Priest, But Was Never A Bishop.His Main Role Was Setting Up Colleges To Train English Missionary Priests With The Mission Of Returning Secretly To England To Keep Catholicism Alive. Allen Assisted In The Planning Of The Spanish Armada's Attempted Invasion Of England In 1588. It Failed Badly But If It Had Succeeded He Would Likely Have Been Made Archbishop Of Canterbury And Lord Chancellor. The Douai-Rheims Bible, A Complete Translation Into English From The Latin, Was Printed Under Allen's Orders. His Activities Were Part Of The Catholic Counter Reformation, But They Led To An Intense Counter-Counterattack In England And In Ireland.. Esme De Boulonois Was A Publisher/Printer And Printmaker; French; (1645 - 1681), Also Known As Boulonois, Esme De; Boulonnois, Esme De; Boulenois, Esme De; Boulonois, Edme De; Boulonois, Emé De