<<EYMERICH, NICHOLAS.>> Directorium Inquisitorum.

Auction 98 | Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

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Lot 182

(INQUISITION).

<<EYMERICH, NICHOLAS.>> Directorium Inquisitorum.

Third edition. Three parts in one volume. With the commentary of Francisco Peña. Title printed in red and black with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and headpieces. Not collated. Foxed, creased, lower blank portion of title page removed. Contemporary vleuum, hinges weak, worn. Thick folio. Adams E-1164.

Rome: Giorgio Ferrari 1587

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $600

Eymerich's infamous manual for inquisitors, dating from the fourteenth century, details specific heretics and their beliefs, banned books, witchcraft, the errors of other faiths, as well as the technical legal processes of denunciations and trials, torture, and forms of excommunication. The second part of the book contains papal letters regarding the office of the Inquisition.