[Rarebooks] FS: "Index of Prohibited Books" Rome: 1681.

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(CATHOLIC CHURCH) INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM Innocentii XI Pontificio
Maximi Jussu Editus. Rome: Rev. Cam. Apost. 1681. 8vo. xxvi,296pp. With
the half-title. Woodcut device on title. Cont. vellum. Spine with a
small gouge.    $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition of "The Index" under the Papacy of Innocent XI. It
was edited for the Pope by Giacomo Ricci. A scarce edition, including
many new Jansenist titles not previously listed.