Mandamet der keyserlijker Maiesteit vuytghegeue int laer xlvi. Mer Dintitulatie ende declaratie vande gereprobeerde boecken, gheschict briden Doctoren inde Faculteyt van Theologie in Duniversiteyt van Louen, Duer dordonnantie ende beuel der seluer K. M., Published by De Vinne Press for A.M. Huntington, 1896, limited, vellum, 8 x 6”, 8vo.

In good condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to surface of vellum. Gilt stamping on front cover remains bright and clean. Foxing to pastedown and front fly leaf with offsetting from bookplate. Bookplate pasted and toned belonging to William Bradley Coley. William Bradley Coley (1862-1936) was an American bone surgeon and cancer researcher best known for his early contributions to the study of cancer immunotherapy. Front gutter tender with mesh exposed, otherwise tight binding. Interior bright. Free of known markings. Please see photos.

Limited facsimile edition, one of 100 copies, of the 1546 edition of the Index Expurgatorius. The 1546 edition was published in Brussels by the Faculty of Theology at the University of Leuven on the orders of Charles V and predates the first Roman version of 1557, produced under Pope Paul IV. The Index Expurgatoris was a constantly changing list of publications banned by the Roman Catholic Church and was not officially abolished until 1965.

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