Carta Defensiva por parte do supremo tribunal do Santo Officio.

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Carta Defensiva por parte do supremo tribunal do Santo Officio.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> pp. (4), 72, (2). Light waterstains and trace marginal worming. Later wrappers. Sm. 4to. Not found in World Cat.

Madrid: Heirs of Cosme Pedro Cappeleti 1746

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $750

A defense of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. This rare tract takes the form of a personal letter written by an inhabitant of the City of Evora, addressed to an unamed Professor at the University of Coimbra who dared criticize the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Contains material pertaining to the Church's persecution of the Jansenist heresy, founded by Cornelius Jansen, Bishop of Ypres, France (pp. 51-3). See H. C. Lea, A History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. IV (1907) pp. 284-97.