SARPI, Paolo (POLANO, Pietro Soave) (BRENT, Nathaniel). The History of the Council of Trent. Containing Eight Books. (1676)

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AUTHOR: SARPI, Paolo (POLANO, Pietro Soave) (BRENT, Nathaniel)

TITLE: The History of the Council of Trent. Containing Eight Books. In which, Besides the ordinary Acts of the Council are declared many notable Occurrences which happened in Christendom, during the space of forty years and more.

PUBLISHER: London: by J. Macock, for Samuel Mearne, 1676.

DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., folio, (viii),cvi,889pp.,(xxiv), complete, title-page printed in red and black. Bound in contemporary full paneled speckled calf over cords, gilt lettered red morocco spine label.

CONDITION: Hinges reinforced, head of spine renewed, foot of spine rubbed with loss, internally clean and bright.

REFERENCE: Wing S696

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Paolo Sarpi was an influential Venetian scholar and church reformer. After Pope Paul V excommunicated Venice and its possessions, Sarpi's strong arguments against the Papal position made him the target of a Papal sponsored assassination (1607). Sarpi's later work, Istoria del Concilio Tridentino (History of the Council of Trent), was an important critical work of the Catholic Church's reformation, especially the role of the curia. His history was widely read by Protestants, including John Milton, who called Sarpi "the great unmasker".