Vertot, René Aubert, abbé de (1655-1735): Origine de la grandeur de la cour de Rome et de la nomination aux evêchés et aux abbaies de France
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VERTOT René Aubert, abbé de (1655-1735)
ORIGINE DE LA GRANDEUR DE LA COUR DE
ROME ET DE LA NOMINATION AUX EVÊCHÉS ET
AUX ABBAÏES DE FRANCE
A La Haye, Chez Jean Neaulme, 1737.
Description : [in 12mo] – pp. (4), 244, (4). CONTROVESIES. PAPAL
POWERS.
Origine de la grandeur de la Cour de Rome. The present work is
a dissertation against the power of Rome hold by the Pontiff in contrast
with those of the monarch of France. The subject is the nomination of
Bishops and other ecclesiastical authorities in France, the elections and
removal of Abbots at monasteries and religious institutions in France
suggesting the independence of French monarchs from the roman court .
The present copy also include in the end the Catalogue de livres imprimez chez
Jean Neaulme, that is the original catalogue of books printed and sold by Jean
Naulme. Among other works of the French historian rene Aubert de Vertor (1655-1735)
Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jérusalem, Paris, Quillau père et fils, 1727 , Histoire
des révolutions arrivées dans le gouvernement de la République romaine, Paris, Barois, 1727 and
Histoire des révolutions de Suède : où l’on voit les changements qui sont arrivés dans ce royaume, au
sujet de la religion et du gouvernement, Paris, François Barois, (1722). Contemporary full stiff
vellum, with gilt titles on morocco onlay on spine. Title piece in red and black with copper
engraved printer´s device. Head and tail pieces in text with woodcut decorated first initial.
Interiors quite browned and spotted due mostly to the kind of paper, with some pages more
affected than others.FIRST EDITION. Published posthumously.
Cfr.: ABES, French Union Catalog, 092275575 ; LIBRIS Union Catalogue of Swedish libraries –
Kungl. biblioteket ref. 136 Ch.; A.Cioranescu, . Bibliographie de La Littérature Française du dixhuitième siècle, paris (1969), N. 66186; COPAC UK Cambridge University Library, Rare Books
Collections, ref. Acton.d.1.71
