Recueil général des affaires du clergé de France.... Lot 42

Recueil général des affaires du clergé de France. Paris, Vitray, 1636. 4 volumes in 5 in-4 bound in pl. Soft vellum with framing fillets, gilt edges. - Spines are uniformly faded and soft boards tend to curl, wormholes affecting some edges at end of volume II, beginning and end of volume III. - 6]-666, [9]-384-254, [14]-806-[2], [10]-848, [30]-1304 pp. - Extraordinary and fascinating collection of acts and documents concerning the Church and the clergy of France, mainly in the second half of the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth century: remonstrances made to the States General and to the general assemblies of the clergy, contracts made with the king and subsidies granted by the clergy, duties and charges of the receivers of finances, concordats, pragmatics, edicts, ordinances and letters patent, opinions and resolutions of the clergy, liberties, franchises and privileges of the clergy of France...