Jacobi Pignatelli E Cryptaleis In Salentinis S. Theolog. ac J. U. Doctoris Novissimae Consultationes Canonicae : Praecipuas Controversias, Quae ad Fidem, Eiusque Regulam spectant, in quibus Errores Atheorum, Infidelium, Schismaticorum, Haereticorum, & aliorum Ecclesiae Catholicae hostium referuntur & refelluntur ; praesertimque illas quae circa S. Inquisitionis Tribunal versantur, ubi de Inquisitoribus, eorumque Officialibus & Ministris, de Reis in quos ius & potestam habent, deque Poenis pro Casuum varietate istis infligendis, & quàm plurima alia ad hoc Argumentum facientia, complectentes ; Opus prima vice praelo commissum ... Tomus Prior

Cosmopoli: Putaneum, 1711. Original. Hardcover. Good. Clean, tight text but for age toning and/or some foxing to text areas. Covers scuffed, rubbed, and chipped. Leather missing from head/tail of spine. Worm holes on spine and on end papers but not elsewhere. Leather layer peeling from bottom edges of covers. Ex-libris Rev. Joannis Shanahan (most likely Bishop John Shanahan of the Harrisburg, PA Catholic Diocese, 1899-1916).. Brown mottled leather/boards. 5 raised bands with gilt decoration and lettering. (12) + 546 pp. with decorative title page, including small illus. in red at bottom. Text set in two columns. Giacomo Pignatelli (1625-1698) was an Italian theologian born in the province of Lecce. After moving to Rome, he became an attorney and expert on canon law. Ultimately, he was Prior of the Church of Santa Maria del Pianto, where he spent the rest of his life. (Inventory #: 156454)