Index Librorum Prohibitorum SSmi D.N. Benedicti xiv pontificis maximi iussu recognitus, atque editus. Romae, Rev. Camerae Apostolicae, 1758. (Bound with:) Indicis novissimi librorum prohibitorum appendix . Rome, 1763. (Bound with:) Indicis novissimi librorum prohibitorum appendix altera. Rome, 1770. (Bound with:) Indicis novissimi librorum prohibitorum appendix tertia … Rome, 1779.

[Index Librorum prohibitorm]

Publication Date: 1758

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4to (270 mm), contemporary vellum with title on spine (light loss of vellum at foot, carefully repaired, head of spine chipped), sprinkled edges, some light waterstain at inner margin of first and last leaves, light foxing, but a genuine copy. Engraved frontispiece showing the burning of books, pp. (12 incl. front.), xxxix, (1 blk), 268, 8, 15, (1 blk), 12. The censor s encyclopaedia: the list of forbidden books. First rare edition in quarto (which was given only to high-grade prelates), with two even rarer appendices updating it to 1779, of the new index published in 1758 by the order of Pope Benedict XIV. It is the edition that represents the biggest cultural change since the Council of Trent and was prepared to reduce the great number of books listed over the centuries, so completely updating it with a new alphabetical order, but also more importantly - removing all the mistakes accumulated along the years. But the big change was indeed the elimination of the long-time lasting prohibition (the famous regula quarta ) regarding the detention and reading of Bibles printed in national languages. Rebellato no. 206.

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• Title: Index Librorum Prohibitorum SSmi D.N. Benedicti xiv pontificis maximi iussu recognitus, atque editus. Romae, Rev. Camerae Apostolicae, 1758. (Bound with:) Indicis novissimi librorum prohibitorum appendix . Rome, 1763. (Bound with:) Indicis novissimi librorum prohibitorum appendix altera. Rome, 1770. (Bound with:) Indicis novissimi librorum prohibitorum appendix tertia … Rome, 1779.
• Publication Date: 1758
• Binding: Rilegato
• Edition: prima edizione
• Condition: buono