Original 1677 Rome edition of Vitae et Res Gestae Pontificum Romanorum et S.R.E. Cardinalium by Alphonsus Ciaconius (Alfonso Chacón), revised by Agostino Oldoini or the English translation Lives and Deeds of the Roman Pontiffs and Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church 2 VOLUME COMPLETE SET.

This listing is for Tomus Primus Volume I and Volume II. 

Large folio-format ecclesiastical history featuring biographies of Popes and Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. Includes the engraved title page and period printing. Former seminary or institutional library copy with ownership stamp as shown.

Condition is consistent with a seventeenth-century scholarly folio. Binding remains intact and text pages are generally clean and readable with expected age-related wear. Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description and condition report.

An excellent addition to collections of Catholic history, church history, papal studies, genealogy, theology, and rare seventeenth-century books.

BR shelf 360