Histoire civile du royaume de Naples, traduite de l'italien... avec de nouvelles notes, reflexions & medailles fournies par l'auteur, & qui ne se trouvent point dans l'edition italienne.
La Haye: Pierre Gosse, 1742.
4 volumes. Rubricated title, frontis. copperplate portrait. 4to, full contemporary calf (covers well worn; spines highly damaged and with some repairs at the hinges, but still sound and strong). La Haye: Pierre Gosse & Isaac Beauregard, 1742. First French language edition. Internally clean, bright and tight, despite wear to covers a very good(-) set.
Translation of the great account of the rise and progress of the Neapolitan laws and government. The Italian jurist and historian "was the first to deal systematically with the question of Church and State" and "warmly espoused the side of the civil power in its conflicts with the Roman Catholic hierarchy". The work was placed on the Index and its author faced lifelong enmity of the Catholic Church. Brunet II 1584. Barbier 7310.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(-)
Language: French
Price: $500.00
Item #291597