VERNET (Jacob) - Anecdotes ecclésiastiques, contenant... Lot 427

[VERNET (Jacob)] - Anecdotes ecclésiastiques, contenant la police et la discipline de l'église chrétienne, depuis son établissement jusqu'au XI.siècle; les intrigues des évêques de Rome, et leurs usurpations sur le temporel des souverains. Taken from Giannone's Histoire du Royaume de Naples, burned in Rome in 1726. Amsterdam, Chez Jean Catuffe, 1753; in-12, XXII-360 pp. bound in full marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, painted edges. Taken from the famous Histoire civile du royaume de Naples by Pietro Giannone (1676-1748), published in 1723, which is a violent attack on the Roman Curia, this work, which we offer in its first edition (1738 by Catuffe in Amsterdam, see Barbier) features the most violent passages against the Holy See. Consultant : Mr. Philippe HENRY