Title page: The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

Title Page: The Causes of Decay of Christian Piety, with vignette of St. Paul's Burning, (Lex ignea)

Wenceslaus Hollar, Related author Richard Allestree

The hellmouth, set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Vue d'un embrasement

Quentin Pierre Chedel

Punitio Tirannorum, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius

The Colonies Reduced; Its Companion, designed and engraved for The Political Register

Top image after Benjamin Franklin, Bottom image, Anonymous, British, 18th century, Anonymous, British, 18th century, John Almon, Louis XV, King of France, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

A woman in a chariot arrives at the ruins of a building as the Olympian gods look down from above, in the foreground stands an armed female figure; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

A female figure in glory at center, surrounded by burning rocks; below Cupid sailing on a burning chariot; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

La Grand Bretagne Mutilé; Das Verstümelte Britanien [Great Britain Mulitated]

Anonymous, Dutch, 18th century

Dissidium In Ecclesia, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius

South West View of the City of New York in North America

After Pierre Charles Canot, After Captain Thomas Howdell, of the Royal Artillery

Passio Christi, from the "Allegorical Scenes from the Life of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius

News from America, or the Patriots in the Dumps

Anonymous, British, 18th century