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Ediciti Librorum Prohibitorum. Papal Edicts Banning Books: Six Examples, 1596-1658. One 12mo pamphlet and five broadsides issued by the Catholic See under the auspices of the Holy Inquisition, the Council of Trent, and other pontifical decrees.
1) Edictum Librorum Qui post Indicem fel. rec. Clementis VIII. Prohibit sunt, Rome: Ex Typographia Camerae Apostolicae, 1619, small 12mo, three signatures with listings grouped alphetically, in contemporary limp paper wrappers.
2) Editto del Sant Officio [Inquisitor's Palace] 25 November 1605, broadside banning the French language version of Pietro Vittore Caietano's Libro dell'Historia, woodcut initial, old folds, endorsed and dated in ink.
3) Editto Generale per il Santo Officio dell'Inquisitione di Montova, Mantua: Per Francisco Osanna, 1598, woodcut initial, old folds; restricting the production, trade and transportation of banned books in Mantua.
4) Nota de Libri Prohibit, Torino: Stampato per ordine del Molto Reverendo P. Inquisitore, [undated, circa 1573]; dozens of titles listed in two columns including novels of Sansovino, Machiavelli's De Regno, verses by Bembo, and a law lexicon, among others, crumpled section along horizontal middle resulting in a tear without loss (a good candidate for restoration).
4) Publication dell' Indice Nuovo de Libri Dannati, Parma, 1596; single column listing prohibited books, woodcut initial, "23 Junii" added in manuscript adjacent to publication year, old folds.
6) Decretum, Rome: Camerae, 1658, large broadside issued under Pope Alexander VII, with three large woodcuts at top, with text in two columns listing dangerous books printed below, discoloration, old folds, docketed on verso. (6)
