Live auction - Lot 968
[Forbidden books – Liège imprint]
Sacrosancti et oecumenici Concilii Tridentini [...] Canones et Decreta [...]. Additus [...] Index librorum [...] prohibitorum.
Liége, H. Hovius, 1607
€ 450 / 600
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Lot description
16mo: [22]-473-[177, 2 bl.], 152-[1, 1 bl.] pp (pp. 149-152 of "Index" bound after general title; occ. dampstaining or marg. soiling).
Cont. overl. vellum, spine titled in ink (top corners repaired). Good copy.
Very rare Liège edition of the decisions of the Trent Council, with the Index of Forbidden Books. Woodcut device on title and part title. Ref. de Theux 47. - Not in Simoni (BL). Prov. Old ownership entry on front endpaper. Joined: Sacrosancti et oecumenici Concilii Tridentini [...] Canones et Decreta [...]. Additus [...] Index librorum [...] prohibitorum. Liège, H. Hovius, 1612. 16mo: 453-[152], 144 (= 142)-[2 bl.] pp. (occ. soiling or dampstaining). Cont. overl. vellum, flat spine with gilt leather label (front fore-edge def.). Very good copy. Ref. de Theux 56. - Not in KBR, Simoni. (2 vol.)