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COUNCIL OF TRENT Acta ac decreta sacrosanctae Tridentinae synodi. Ann. M.D.XLVI. et XLVII Milan, [Innocenzo Cicognara], 1548

FIRST EDITION of this rare little work listing the acts and decrees of the the first seven sessions of the Council of Trent under the aegis of Angelo Massasrello, the Apostolic Protonotary and secretary to the Council. At the beginning there are a few orations by, among others, Cornelio Musso and Ambrosio Catharino Polito and an exhortatory sermon to the delegates, the very first action of the Council of Trent.CNCE 12948 (8 copies); not in BMC or Adams; RLIN and OCLC locate the University of Pennsylvania Libraries

8vo. 72ff. (including the 2 final blanks). Most quires a little browned, in modern boards.

£600

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