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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)
