Carta Defensiva por parte do supremo tribunal do Santo Officio.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $750

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author

(INQUISITION).

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Heirs of Cosme Pedro Cappeleti

Place

Madrid

Publication

1746

Description

FIRST EDITION.

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Not found in World Cat.

summary

A defense of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. This rare tract takes the form of a personal letter written by an inhabitant of the City of Evora, addressed to an unamed Professor at the University of Coimbra who dared criticize the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Contains material pertaining to the Church's persecution of the Jansenist heresy, founded by Cornelius Jansen, Bishop of Ypres, France (pp. 51-3). See H. C. Lea, A History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. IV (1907) pp. 284-97.

pp. (4), 72, (2). Light waterstains and trace marginal worming. Later wrappers. Sm. 4to.

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