Twelve Years a Roman Catholic Priest Autobiography of the Rev V. P. Mayerhoffer

Mayerhoffer, V. P. Twelve Years a Roman Catholic Priest, or, the Autobiography of the Rev. V. P. Mayerhoffer, M. A., Late Military Chaplain to the Austrian Army, and Grand Chaplain of the Orders of Freemasons and Orangemen, in Canada, B. N. A. Toronto: Rowsell & Ellis, Printers, 1861. First Edition. [10548] Cloth, title & decoration to front, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches, spotting to the back cover, joints fine, tight. Wood engraved portrait by J. W. Orr with printed signature and tissue guard. 340, [2] clean pp. Includes an account of his funeral. Good. Hardcover. Title continues: Containing an Account of his Career as Military Chaplain, Monk of the Order of St. Francis, and Clergyman of the Church of England in Vaughan, Markham and Whitby, C. W. About 1/3 of the book is his Autobiography, with 2/3rds being an Examination and Refutation of the Doctrines of the Church of Rome. Vincent Philip Mayerhoffer (1874-1859), b. Raab (Györ, Hungary); d. Whitby, Upper Canada. Mayerhoffer was born