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Image of the title page of volume 2 of Lea's History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages. Photo by Nathan Dorn.
Title page of volume 2 of the first edition of Lea's History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages. Photo by Nathan Dorn.

Philadelphia’s Gilded Age Medievalist: Henry Charles Lea

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In a recent post, we highlighted Francis Hilliard, an author of many law books who flourished during the booming book trade of mid-19th century America. Hilliard, whose father was the well-known Boston printer and bookseller William Hilliard, was in a literal sense born and raised in the printing business. The subject of this post is another son of 19th century American printing: the publisher, activist and historian Henry Charles Lea.