[INDEX OF FORBIDDEN BOOKS].
Rome, Typographia Rev. Camerae Apostolicae, 1761.
Index librorum prohibitorum sanctissimi domini Benedicti XIV.
Scarce newly enlarged edition of Pope Benedict XIV’s (1675-1758) index of forbidden books, compiled by Tommaso Agostino Ricchini (1675-1762), Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Index, and opening with an engraved frontispiece of the famous image of apostolically sanctioned book burning. The volume’s first 44 pages contain a dedication..... More