Index Librorum Prohibitorum SSmi D.N. Bendeicti XIV,

RICCHINI (Tommaso Agostino).

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Pontificis Maximi Jussu Recognitus, atque editus. First edition. 4to., endpaper, engraved frontispiece by I.A. Faldoni, illustrated title, [8pp.], xxxix, [1p.], 268pp., in contemporary vellum covered boards in an Italian style, titles in gilt on spine, all edges speckled red, handwritten library classmark on spine in red and another in sepia on front pastedown, Latin commentary with largely Latin & French language bibliography with some few entries in Hebrew. Rome, Ex Typographia Rev. Camerae Apostolicae, 1758. £400.00 Binding dusty, the once dry vellum starting away from the boards, contents crisp and clean. In Emmanuel Pierrat ? Le Livre des livres E?rotiques , 2007, this copy illustrated on pp-184-185). Provenance : the collection of Emmanuel Pierrat. This is the official index of books and texts prohibited under the authority of Pope Benedict XIV. Faldoni's rather beautiful plate depicts an auto-da-fe? with books burning and others about to be cast into the fire. As well as the expected targets of Calvin, Galileo and Copernicus, the encyclopedia also includes Leti's ?il Puttanismo Romano, overo Conclave generale delle Puttane' and Pietro Aretino. 218980.

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• Titre: Index Librorum Prohibitorum SSmi D.N. Bendeicti XIV,
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
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