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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) & Pope Pius VII (1742-1823) Bref d'Excommunication des Auteurs, Exécuteurs et Fauteurs de l'Usurpation de Rome, et des États Appartenant au Saint Siége.
[?London: Vogel & Schulze, 1805].
Octavo pamphlet identical to the copy held at the Bibliotheque Nationale except for the absence of the colophon imprint on the verso of the last leaf; disbound, other than small holes along the gutter, very nicely preserved, untrimmed, with deckle edges, 9 x 6 in.
In this brief document, the Papal See excommunicates Napoleon because of his army's 1809 invasion of Vatican. On this occasion, the Pope himself was kidnapped and subsequently held against his will until 1814.
