[Rarebooks] FS: The only English ed. of Sarpi's scarce work on ecclesiatical revenues. London: 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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