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.”]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $700

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author

(MORTARA, EDGARDO).

printer

Unione tipografico-editrice

Place

Turin

Publication

1859

Description

First Italian edition. Two parts in one volume.

summary

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.

pp. 133. Lightly foxed. Recent wrappers. 8vo.

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