Roma e la Opinione Pubblica d'Europa nel Fatto Mortara [“Rome and European Public Opinion concerning the Mortara Affair.”] <<* And:>> Abbé (André-Vincent) Delacouture. Il Diritto Canonico e il Diritto Naturale [“Canon Law and Natural Law.”]

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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Lot 229
(MORTARA, EDGARDO).

Roma e la Opinione Pubblica d'Europa nel Fatto Mortara [“Rome and European Public Opinion concerning the Mortara Affair.”] <<* And:>> Abbé (André-Vincent) Delacouture. Il Diritto Canonico e il Diritto Naturale [“Canon Law and Natural Law.”]

<<First Italian edition.>> Two parts in one volume. pp. 133. Lightly foxed. Recent wrappers. 8vo.

Turin: Unione tipografico-editrice 1859

Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $700
André-Vincent Delacouture was a French priest who had the courage to criticize Pope Pius IX over his handling of the matter of the young boy Edgardo Mortara, who had been forcibly separated from his Jewish parents by the Church and raised in the Catholic faith.