Marca, Pierre de - Opuscula Petri de Marca Archiepiscopi...

Author/ Editor: Marca, Pierre de Title: Opuscula Petri de Marca Archiepiscopi parisiensis, nunc primum in lucem edita [...] Collation: 8°(19x12,5cm), with engraved head vignette, engraved initial and an engraved plate, 28 pp., 516 pp. (recte 518), 7 Bll., leather. d. Zt. with rich back gilding and gold-embossed spine title Publisher / Place / Year: Muguet / Paris / 1681 Description: First edition, published posthumously. - The plate depicts John the Baptist, whose reliquary is discussed in the Dominican Church of Perpignan in the work. Pierre de Marca (1594–1662) was a French bishop and historian. As a collection of smaller writings by the influential Archbishop of Paris and a forerunner of Gallicanism, the work bundles theological and legal-historical treatises on the independence of the French church from Rome. In addition to politically sensitive ecclesiastical texts, the volume contains rare national and local historical studies, such as a detailed treatise on the Catalan monastery Montserrat. It is regarded as an indispensable primary source for the study of French absolutism and the church-state relationship in the 17th century. Condition: Binding with only minor signs of use, the front hinge at the bottom with a small worm hole and a small wormhole. Title page with restored loss in the white margin area. Slightly browned. A good copy in a beautiful contemporary binding

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