Joseph Miseratione Divina Tituli Sancti Laurentii in Lucina S.R. E. Prim. Presb. Card. Puteobonellus, S. Mediol. Eccl. Archiepiscopus

Lucina, Italy, Saint Lucina / Sancti Laurentii, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In essence, a scarce item indeed, a decree of Cardinal Giuseppe Pozzobonelli which certifies that Lorenzo Cesana, son of Giovanni, born in Olginate (in the Diocese of Milan) on 11 August 1747, is contemplating a marriage that would be contracted outside the Diocese of Milan (aided in translation by Dr. Francesca Nepori). A softpaper broadside roughly the size of a restaurant menu when folded in half, 17 3/4" x 13 3/4", respectively, folded into eighteen panels. Pretty to look at. Text in Italian but mostly Latin. Church's red-stamped insignia in top-middle panel of bottom half, overlapping a fold. Printed, it reads, "Joseph Miseratione Divina Tituli Sancti Laurentii in Lucina S.R.E. Prim. Presb. Card. PUTEOBONELLUS, S. Mediol. Eccl. Archiepiscopus." Four lines follow of fine hand-penned inscription difficult to make out but maybe something like the remarks of a Notary Public (dated 2, January 1780), then "Universis, &c. Fidem facimus, & attestamur, sicuti ex informationibus jussu nostro judicialiter sumptis ad formam Instructionis Sacrae, Supremaeque Congregationis S. Officii, constitit, & constat," which translates as "Universal, &c. We make faith, and attest, as it has been and is established from the information judicially taken at our command in the form of the Sacred Instruction, and of the Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office." Another eight lines of fine penned remarks follow, with tabbed line marks at left. Then at bottom appears, "&c. Dat. Mediolani ex Palatio Archiepiscopali die . . . [filled in] an. 17 Septuagesimi," which translates as "&c. He gives Milan from the Archbishop's Palace on . . [filled in] an. 17 Seventy [1770]. Signed at middle bottom, then signed again at bottom corner. On rear of the broadside is written in pen five additional lines, seemingly having been sent to the Diocesi di Milano, Italy, and dated 1779. The Wikipedia entry about the Church says that "The Minor Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina (Italian: Basilica Minore di San Lorenzo in Lucina or simply Italian: San Lorenzo in Lucina; Latin: S. Laurentii in Lucina) is a Roman Catholic parish, titular church, and minor basilica in central Rome, Italy. The basilica is located in Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina in the Rione Colonna, about two blocks behind the Palazzo Montecitorio, proximate to the Via del Corso." The entry for the church on Catholic-Hierarchy dot org/diocese/dl105 dot html provides a lengthy genealogy beginning in 1158 of the initial appointment (Alberto de Morra) and subsequent ordinaries, to 2010. The "Joseph" of the decree was Giuseppe Pozzobonelli (11 August 1696 – 27 April 1783); his Wikipedia entry (translated from the original Italian) notes that he was "an Italian cardinal, known for his diplomatic skill in relations between the Holy Roman Empire and the Holy See . . . His eight decades of regency over the archdiocese of Milan made him one of the greatest ecclesiastical figures in eighteenth-century Milan, to the point that his work was compared by many of his contemporaries to that of his illustrious predecessors on the Milanese see such as St. Charles and Frederick Borromeo, in particular in the constancy of pastoral visits and in the works of government and reform" (Wikipedia). All in, a scarce item connecting a diocese and Catholic Church hierarchy to local authorities and a desire to marry.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Alexandris (Cajetanus de)

Confessarius Monialium: Commoda, Brevi, & Practica Methodo Instructus

Venetiis [Venice, Italy], Balleoniana [Paolo Balleoni], 1728. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. The title continues: "Circa earum Obligationes, Privilegia... Editio quarta, pluribus in locis locupletata." Thus, the Fourth edition, the First Edition having been published in 1706 and another several after the author's death in 1730, two years after publication of this volume. Designed as a how-to manual for priests who would hear and pronounce upon the confessions of professed nuns. Priests had to hear both their transgressions and the moral dilemmas they sometimes faced, for example, how best to obtain and respond to a confession from a hermaphrodite. All early editions and printings are quite scarce in the trade. Bound in a short 16mo in stature, measuring 6 1/8" x 3 3/4" tall and high, respectively. Latin text throughout, text-block being sewn into the original full white vellum, with cords making for six raised bands. Engraved headers, engraved initials, and quite a lovely engraved vignette at title page. All edges speckled red, faint remains of titles in sepia on spine, classmark labels on front pastedown, symbols indicating its subject field, its shelf position, etc. Generally clean and unmarked of interior but for a seven-line inscription in pen in Latin on front free endpaper. A few ink blots here and there. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered on verso in Spanish and Latin in sepia ink, rubber stamp of Biblioteca San Francisco de Tunja on title, and another on page 73. Generally quite crisp and attractive, spine titles being a bit faded, prior, ancient stain on rear board running through into the lower margin of several pages, dissipating quickly. Was once owned by Brother Antoni Noza. His inscription refers to excommunication. Eventually having become a naturalized citizen of the Republic of South Korea, Brother Antoni's/Anthony's Korean name thus became An Sonjae, the Korean language form of "Sudhana," or "the little pilgrim" of the Buddhist scripture The Gandavyuha Sutra (Wikipedia). Anthony was born in 1942 in Cornwall, the United Kingdom, to Nan Albina Green, studied Medieval and Modern languages at Oxford and in 1969 joined the Taize community in France, "a monastic order composed of men from the Protestant, Anglican and Catholic traditions dedicated to spreading the message of trust and reconciliation" (Wikipedia). He also translated and edited a number of Korean authors including poets and theologians. Collated as complete, paginated as title page, frontis matter, 5-515 pp., not including blanks. ScarceMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Other. . Good

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[Bruzeau]

La Conference Du Diable Avec Luther, Contre le Saint Sacrifice de la Messe, Avec la Refutation D'Un Ecrit Fait Part M. Ereiter, Ministre de M. L'Ambassadeur de Suede, Pour Defendre Ccette Conference

Paris, Jacques Edouard et Charles Saillant, 1760. Nouvelle Edition. . Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still relatively sturdy and quite attractive. Potentially having been rebound in the past (the presence of newer decorated endpapers), but full leather over boards, five raised bands to spine, moderate wearing to covers, tips, edges, light scuffing to tips, slight loss to leather on rear panel, but with gilt-tooled titles at spine. It sits handsomely on the shelf. Penultimate endpaper torn at edge but present and intact. Text-block is waffly, but clean and unmarked. Published in Paris by Jacques Edouard and Charles Saillant, 1740, calfskin binding, title-piece in what was likely a red Morocco label. The tome was popular and controversial, appearing first in 1673. It is attributed either to Paul Bruzeau or to Nicolas Pillon, but I'd go with Gershon Legman's bibliographic note at first free endpaper saying ["par Bruzeau"]. The argument is that Martin Luther claimed to have debated with an apparition (Diable) and that, therefore, all Lutheran doctrine can only be inspired by the Devil himself. Sure. xxii [10], 172 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345536

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Keywords: French language|Martin Luther|the Devil|Gershon Legman|Catholic Church

Eglise Catholique

Manuale Confessariorum Dioecesis Genevensis in Quo Juxta Disciplinam Ejusdem Dioecesis Ea Proponuntur & Explanantur Quae Ad Utiliorem & Faciliorem Sacramenti Poenitentiae Administrationem Magis Conferre Visa Sunt

, J.B. Burdet, 1766. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being only a single copy of this apparent First Edition available, and in only one library currently, in Lyon, France. Latin-language tome, a Catholic Church confessional, measuring 6 1/2" x 3 1/2" tall and wide, respectively. Bound in full leather, front board being bowed a bit, featuring five raised bands to spine, five fleurs-de-lis there, and short title ("manual") being stamped sharply into one compartment. Red and blue-speckled page edges, lightly wavy text-block, but clean and unmarked of interior but for first and final pages. Date of publication not stated, but appears to be c. 1766 according to a Worldcat dot org entry. Sharply penned inscription at first free endpaper dated to 1770 and then similar hand has penned extensive chronology at final page, verso and recto. Fine publisher's vignette at title page.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 357322

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Greatti, Giuseppe

IL Passegio Di Vanzo

Padova [Padua], Italy, Privately published by/in a seminary, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line, and neither does Worldcat dot org show availability otherwise. The author, Giuseppe Greatti, had this item published in Padua, Italy, undated. Italian language throughout. Fine printed paper and with card stock wraps, penned title, author and borders to front panel, two ink-blots at bottom. Measures 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" tall and wide, respectively, and quite bright and fine of interior. Other of his publications show dedications to the Paduan noblewoman Arpalice Savorgnan di Brazzà, who appears to have been something of a refuge of lost souls and radicals (Jacobins). The author, Giuseppe Greatti (1758–1812), was born in Friuli, Italy and was at points a government functionary, a librarian, a translator (including of El Cid) and a priest. He wrote other works of poetry and prose about education. Several score stanzas. xxviii pp. plus title page, epigram in Latin.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 357809

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Lagrange, M. L'Abbe F.

Histoire de Sainte Paule

Paris, France, Librairie Poussielgue Freres, 1883. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Handsomely bound exemplar of the Fifth Edition of this popular French-language hagiography of Saint Paul. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy bound in pebbly red cloth over boards, creamy red leather-backed, with five raised bands, fleurs-de-lis in five compartments and gilt-tooled titling there, with unbruised tips, light waffling to paste-down and first few endpapers owing to light damp-staining there, dissipating; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Two prior owners' inscriptions penned at frontis. Gift inscription at second free endpaper, fine steel engraving at frontis, new marbled endpapers. Gilt edges all around, and with sewn-in linen ribbon bookmarks. [5], 6-645 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 351049

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Locchi, Vittorio

La Sagra Di Santa Gorizia

Milano, Italo, L'Eroica, 1928. . Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Italian language homage to a W.W.I. hero. Bound in simple white softpaper wraps, white lettering over black illustration at front cover. Adorned with beautiful woodcuts by Filippo Binaghi printed in red, presentation by Ettore Cozzani. The poem is by the W.W.I. hero, Vittorio Locchi. Housed in a stiff plastic sleeve. 61 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Mccloskey, Patrick J.

The Street Stops Here - a Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. From the publisher's blurb, "'The Street Stops Here' offers a deeply personal and compelling account of a Catholic high school in central Harlem, where mostly disadvantaged (and often non-Catholic) African American males graduate on time and get into college. Interweaving vivid portraits of day-to-day school life with clear and evenhanded analysis, Patrick J. McCloskey takes us through an eventful year at Rice High School, as staff, students, and families make heroic efforts to prevail against society's expectations. McCloskey's riveting narrative brings into sharp relief an urgent public policy question: whether (and how) to save these schools that provide the only viable option for thousands of poor and working-class students - and thus fulfill a crucial public mandate. Just as significantly, "The Street Stops Here" offers invaluable lessons for low-performing urban public schools.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 347338

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Moorhouse, Geoffrey

Against All Reason

London, England, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine journalistic appreciation, a quasi-ethnography of Catholic Church communities, especially Cistercian monks. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, vertical crease thereto, rubbed and sunned spine, bumping to spine head and foot, sunning to front panel upper panel. Top-stained in red, and with a range of fine black-and-white photographic plates. xiii [1], 3-436 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 359412

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Keywords: reason rationality Geoffrey Moorhouse philosophy Ancient Rome Ancient Greece