FERRARIS Lucius. Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, moralis, theologica nec non ascetica, polemica, rubristica, historica...Novissimae huic editioni accedunt locupletissima trium praestantissimorum virorum additamenta et correctiones...Tomus primus (-nonus).
Rome, Barbiellini, 1784-90 Small folio: ten volumes in nine. Contemporary vellum with leather labels: foxing in first two gatherings of one volume, marginal stain in margin of six leaves in another, an excellent set. This extensive encyclopaedia of ecclesiastical law is arranged alphabetically with an index constituting the final volume. Its success was instant and widespread: editions appeared in various countries until the end of the 19th century.
£600
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