Opere Postume di Pietro Giannone in Difesa della Sua Storia Civile del Regno di Napoli con la Sua Professione di Fede.
(Posthumous works of Pietro Giannone in his defense of the History of the Civil of the Kingdom of Naples with his Profession of Faith.) – In the Italian language.
Two Volumes in one binding.
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VENEZIA (Venice), Presso Giambatista Pasquali, 1768. Vol. 1 & 2
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Pp. VII + /1/ + 360 (vol. 1) + VII + /1/ + 296 (vol. 2) Size: 26,3 x 20 cm
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Pietro Giannone was the first to deal systematically with the question of Church and State, which led to a lifelong conflict between Giannone and the Roman Catholic Church. In his Posthumous works, Pietro defended his most famous work Istoria Civile del Regno di Napoli which was put in Index Librorum Prohibitorum by the Roman Inquisition.
The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (English: List of Prohibited Books) was a list of publications deemed heretical, anti-clerical, or lascivious, and therefore banned by the Catholic Church. The list aimed to protect the faith and morals of the faithful by preventing the reading of heretical and immoral books.
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Binding: Original vellum binding with gilt-stamped spine cover. Minor signs of wear.
Condition: Stamped by the previous owner on the flyleaf and title page. Foxing, some pages browned due to paper aging, water stain on through the text block not affecting text integrity, minor tear on pp. 67 in vol. 2.
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