Prospero LAMBERTINI
Raccolta di alcune notificazioni, e editti ed istruzioni pubblicate dall'Eminentissimo, e Reverendissimo Signor Cardinale Prospero Lambertini Arcivescovo di Bologna
Presso Antonio Zatta|in Venezia [Venice] 1771|19.50 x 26 cm|2 volumes brochés
New edition, the first edition appears to have been published in 1733. Illustrated with two large engraved title head-pieces by Zatta. Miniature printing in double columns.
Contemporary grey temporary boards. Tear at foot of volume II.
Prospero Lambertini was elected Pope in 1740 under the name Benedict XIV. He died in 1758. He was a learned Pope, nourished by science and open to the Enlightenment, and attempted to soften the rigour of the church and dogma.
Contemporary grey temporary boards. Tear at foot of volume II.
Prospero Lambertini was elected Pope in 1740 under the name Benedict XIV. He died in 1758. He was a learned Pope, nourished by science and open to the Enlightenment, and attempted to soften the rigour of the church and dogma.
€350