[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce English ed. of Father Paul's work on religion. 1730

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(RELIGION) [Sarpi, Paolo]. FATHER PAUL OF BENEFICIARY MATTERS: OR, THE DUES 
OF THE ALTAR. Being, a Compleat History of Ecclesiastical Revenues. Shewing, I. 
Their Rise, Progress, and the Various Means by Which They Have Accrued to the 
Church… That Ecclesiasticks Become Too Greedy in Acquiring Estates… The 
Original of Tythes… [Translated by Christopher Hayes]. London: Printed for Olive 
Payne. 1730. (3),xviii-xxi,(2),xxii-xlviii,(2),260pp. The preliminaries are 
paginated quite irregularly, but this is perfectly complete. Woodcut initials and 
headpieces. Cont. calf, corners rounded, rebacked, red morocco spine label.   
  $300.00 (trade discount allowed)
The only English edition of a scarce book.

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