[Rarebooks] FS: Rare 1st ed. on the Inquisition. Genoa: 1621

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[Masini, Eliseo]. SACRO ARSENALE, OVERO PRATTICA DELL’OFFICIO DELLA SANTA 
INQUISITIONE. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni. 1621. Sm. 4to.   (4),320,(40)pp. Index. 
Large copper engraved illus. on title. Orig. plain boards, spine lettered by 
hand. Title with two burn holes (in blank portions) repaired. Some occasional 
soiling.     $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
The rare first edition of an important early handbook on the Inquisition. 
There are at least 6 later editions printed in the 17th century. Van der Vekene 
#143. No copy recorded in OCLC. Not in the British Library.

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