Oct 24 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2683 -

Sale 2683 - Lot 165

Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Index Librorum Prohibitorum.
Five Broadside Edicts Related to Books Banned by the Inquisition.

Italy, circa 1596-1669.

Five large-format folio sheets printed on laid paper, some with decorative woodcuts and borders, printed in Latin and Italian, bearing a variety of admonishments regarding books and publishing including a few that include lists of specific banned books; another that bans printing, selling, reading & teaching the Old and New Testaments in Italian [in lingua volgare]; and one that bans foreign booksellers operating in the city of Mondovi; all broadsides with deckle edges, old folds, sizes vary, some with ink inscriptions. (5)
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