Nouvelle dissertation sur le canonicat ad effectum : explication du paragraphe second, titre cinq du concordat [...]

Rare first edition, absent from libraries.
The canonicate is synonymous with canonry. Canon De Lagrange wanted to obtain the benefits of his function, but since his canonicate was ad effectum he could not obtain the benefits from it. The canonicate ad effectum is in fact only the spiritual and not temporal charge of the canonicate, that is to say which does not allow one to obtain a prebend. Formerly, the pope appointed canons in newly created parishes that did not yet have temporal revenue, but the Council of Trent abolished these prerogatives. Lagrange's clever strategy is that his work on the delicate question of the canonicate ad effectum might help him in his projects (lighten his exile, intervene with the king and recover the money invested in justice), and it is only after a long dissertation that he will come to expose his case, and finally the object of the work. Convinced of the legitimacy of his position (to obtain the benefits linked to his charge), the author asked justice to rule on his affair, which is why he was exiled from Tarbes. It seems very likely that the author had this text printed himself with the aim of sending it to the competent authorities, perhaps the pope, which would explain why no copy is found in libraries. At the end of the text, last page, manuscript gift inscription: Delagrange chanoine de Tarbes ["Delagrange canon of Tarbes"].
Our copy is presented in original wrappers, the gatherings being bound together by a thin red ribbon, with two sewing points.