‎"JOHNSON, SAMUEL OF CORRINGHAM.‎
‎Julien L'Apostat Ou Abbrege de sa Vie Dans lequel, on voit l'horreur que les meilleurs Chretiens d'entre ses sujets temoignoient publiquement contre lui...‎

‎(No place nor printer), 1688. 12mo. In contemorary coloured wrappers with leather spine. Title-page with underlinings i red. Last 50 pp. with loss of paper in upper outer margin, not affecting text, otherwise nice and clean. (4), 296 pp. ‎

Reference : 62160

‎First French translation of Johnson‘s ""Julian the Apostate"". Samuel Johnson, the rector of Corringham, is famous for the present work which compares Julian the Apostate, a Roman Emperor who attempted to revive paganism, to James, Duke of York, (later King James II) who was a Catholic and a potential successor to the English throne. ‎