Index Expvrgatorivs Librorvm qui hoc saecvlo prodiervnt, vel doctrinae non sanae erroribus inspersis, vel inutilis & offensivae maledicentiae fellibus permixtis, juxta sacri Concilii Tridentini decretum: Philippi II. Regis Catholici iussu & auctoritate, atq; Albani Ducis consilio ac ministerio in Belgia concinnatus; anno M. D. LXXI. / accesserunt huic editioni. Excerpta Aliorvm Librorvm Expurgatorum, qui in Indice hoc Belgico desiderabantur, Ex Indice Hispanico, illvstratissimi ac Reverendiimi D. D. Gasparis Qviroga, Cardinalis & Archiepiscopi Toletani, Hispan. generalus Inquisitoris iussu edito, De Consilio supremi Senatus S. Generalis Inquisitionis Iuxta exemplar, quod typis mandatum est Madriti, apud Alphonsum Gomezium, regium Typographum, anno M. D. LXXXIV. Catera vide pag. sequente. - Argentorati [Strasbourg] : Impensis Lazari Zetzneri, Bibliopol, MDCIX [1609.] - 521p. ; 15 cm. (12°)

Engraved Initials and head-pieces. Printer device on title page. The Excerpta has a separate title. With added title page on pp. 265: Excerpta ex indice Librorum Expurgatorum, illustrissimi ac recerendis. D. D. Gasparis Quiroga, Cardinalis & Archiep. Toletani Hispan. generalis Inquisitoris jussue edito. With added title page on pp. 449: Collatio Censvrae in glossa ivris canonici, ivssv pii V. pon- Pontificis anno 1572. editae. Signatures: A-Nn⁸. Includes indexes. Reprint of the Index edited by Francisus Juinus, published "apud Johannem Mareschallum Lugdunensem, 1586". Preliminary leaves contain dedicatory epistle signed T.C., preface by Franciscus Junius, edict of Philip II of July 1571 (in Dutch and Latin), preface of Benedictus Arias Montanus dated: Antvverpiae, cal. Jun. 1571

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