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The Index: all the forbidden books till June 1745

[PAPEL INDICES].
Index librorum prohibitorum Innoc. XI. P.M. Jussu editus, usque ad annum 1681. (pp. 1-299) Eidem accedit in fine Appendix usque ad mensem Junij 1704. (pp.303-459- Appendix ad Indicem Librorum Prohibitorum ab anno 1704. usque ad totum mensem Martii 1716. (Rome 1716). (pp. 407-59). - Appendix ad Indicem Librorum Prohibitorum a' mense Martii 1716. usque ad totum Maii 1718. (Rome 1718). (pp. 461-75). - Appendix novissimae appendici ad Indicem Librorum Prohibitorum a mense Maii 1718. usque ad totum mensem Julii 1739. (Rome, Hieronymus Mainardi, 1739). (pp. 477-516; pp. 517-568: Raccolta d'alcune particolari operette spirituali, e profane prohibite) - Appendix ad Indicem Librorum Proibitorum a' mense Feb. 1739. usque ad totum mensem Jul. 1742. (pp. 569-75). - Appendix ad Indicem Librorum Proibitorum a mense Aprilis 1744. usque ad totum mensem Junii 1745. (2 lvs.)

With the woodcut papal coat-of-arms on 4 titles.

Roma, Typis Rev. Cam. Apost. (Appendix 1718-39: Hieronymus Meinardi), 1704-(1745). 8vo. Contemp. calf, spine richly gilt in compartments with gold lettered title in second compartment. With the woodcut papal coat-of-arms on 4 titles. (24), 575, (1 blank), (4) pp.

Collected edition of all the Papal Indices of Forbidden Books published between 1704 and 1745, completely listing all forbidden books till June 1745. Although the original dates of publication are kept on titles, they were obviously reprinted, as all parts are printed in the same very small Roman letter type, and the book is paginated through. At the end the last Appendix, April 1744 till June 1745, is bound in its original issue, printed in quite a different letter type.
The 'Index librorum prohibitorum is a list of publications prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church. It was abolished on June 14, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. The avowed aim of the list was to protect the faith and morals of the faithful by preventing the reading of immoral books or works containing theological errors, although it also contained scientific works by leading astronomers such as Johannes Kepler. The various editions also contained the rules of the Church relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. In 1571 a special congregation was created, the Sacred Congregation of the Index, which had the specific task to investigate those writings that were denounced in Rome as being not exempt of errors, to update the list of Pope Pius IV regularly and also to make lists of corrections. The first Index issued as a direct result of the Council of Trent was published in 1564.

Good copy with contemporary ownership's entry on inside front cover: "Hic liber est Bibliothecae Lijranae Conventus FF. Praedic. 1748" (= the library of the Fratres Praedicatores at Lier, Belgium).- (Binding sl. shaved).

cf. Bibliography its history and development (New York, The Grolier Club, 1984), 22.

Related Subjects: 17th Century 18th Century Forbidden Books

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