9 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. printed broadside (toned, some brown spotting); framed to 13 x 17 1/4 in. (not examined out of frame).

An illustrated prospectus for the anti-Catholic journal Downfall of Babylon by Samuel B. Smith advertised as "late a Popish Priest." Fomenting anti-Catholic sentiment and the concept that Catholics would put their religion before their country, the vignette illustrates "The American colors lowered before the Host in St. Louis and Charleston." Also advertising a lecture "on the alarming progress of Popery in the United States, by Rev. C. Sparry." The Downfall of Babylon began in 1834 and was published weekly and then biweekly until mid-1837. RARE: no other known copies. Sabin 84022.