Lucino, Luigi Maria

Esame e difesa del decreto pubblicato in Pudisceri [Pondicherry] da monsignor Carlo Tommaso di Tournon ... approvato, e confermato con breve dal sommo pontefice Benedetto XIII.

Roma, nella Stamperia Vaticana, 1728. 4to. xx + 496 pp. + 2 partly hand-coloured engraved plates (“Segni portati in fronte dagl’ Indiani” and “Segni permessi da’ Missionari”). Title printed in red & black. Engraved vignettes & historiated initials. Contemporary full vellum, some light browning. Malabar Rites Controversy. First edition. A defence of the decree in 1704 by the papal legate Charles de Tournon forbidding the ‘Malabar Rites’. This decree had been confirmed by Pope Benedict XIII in 1727. The work includes much discussion of Indian religious practices. De Backer & Sommervogel, 11, col. 1289. Cordier, BS, 2, col. 919.

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• Bestellnummer: 03426

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