AUGUSTINI BARBOSAE, I.V.D. LUSITANI, PROTONOTARII APOSTOLICI, OLIM S. CONGREGATIONIS INDICIS CONSVLTORIS, [et] insignis Ecclesiae Vimaranensis Thesaurarii Majoris: NUNC VERO EPISCOPI UGENTINI, ET A CONSILIIS D. PHILIPPI IV. Hispaniarum Regis Catholici, COLLECTANEA DOCTORUM, QVI IN SVIS OPERIBVS CONCILII TRIDENTINI LOCA REFERENTES, illorum materiam incidenter tractarunt, [et] varias quaestiones, in foro Ecclesiastico versantibus maxime utiles, deciderunt : Omnia ex eorum libris fideliter desumpta, & suo cuique loco distributa, ac ad mentem Decretorum sacrarum Congregationum Concilij Trid. & Indicis librorum prohibitorum, Decisionibus, quae ementito nomine Congregationis in lucem prodierant, relegatis, diligenter expurgata : Hac ultima editione ab ipso Auctore recognita, [et] quamplurimorum additamentorum accessione sesquiamplius aucta. Cum Summariis, Et Quinque Indicibus Copiosis

Lugduni (Lyon): Laurentii Arnaud, Petri Borde, Joannis, & Petri Arnaud, 1658. Original. Hardcover. VG, clean and tight pages. Covers detaching but still solid. A line of old handwriting (fountain pen?) at top of title page. Small, white ex-lib. numbers on lower spine. General scuffing to covers and wear to edges/corners. Ex libris Rev. Joannis Shanahan (most likely Bishop John Shanahan of the Harrisburg, PA Catholic Diocese, 1899-1916). A few worm holes in spine but none inside. A few spots here and there and small tear to bottom of one leaf in the index.. Embossed leather/boards. 5 highly-raised bands on spine with gilt decoration and lettering. Red speckled page edges. (28) + 492 + (65). Title page with red/black lettering and bw illus. Typeset in two columns. Text in Latin. Barbosa was a prolific Portuguese writer on canon law. His work included dictionary-type surveys of the legal elements. His works fill at least 30 volumes. They show intimate acquaintance with authors, sources, and controversial questions. (Inventory #: 156440)