PSAUME (Nicolas) - Canones, et decreta sacrosancti oecumenic - Lot 749

PSAUME (Nicolas) - Canones, et decreta sacrosancti oecumenici, et generalis Concilii Tridentini, quae antea sparsim e& absque ullo ordine, prout occurrebant negotia, fuere diversis temporibus proposita sub Paulo III, Iulio III, et Pio IV, pontificibus max. Nunc primum revocata in artem et ordinem et in rubricas, certaque capita conuenienti methodo digesta additus est et sub finem index auctore reuerendo in Christo patre DDN Psalmeo Episcopo Comite Virdunensi. Ad illustrissimum principem, reverendissimque Cardinalem à Lotharingia. Reims (in fact printed in Verdun), Apud Jean de Foigny (N. Bacnet imprimeur de l'évêque de Verdun), 1564 ; , 4 ppnch. + 238 pp. + table, bound in full contemporary vellum, smooth spine, spotted edges, some old restorations.Beautiful edition by one of the Council's fathers, the Premonstratensian Nicolas Psaume (1518-1575 Count-Bishop of Verdun and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire), presenting the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent in subject order, rather than the chronological order of previous editions. Very rare, printed in Verdun in 1564, one year after the end of the Council of Trent (1547 to December 1563). Noel 3645. Beaupré p.168. Brunet tome 1, 1544/45/46. Consultant: Mr. Philippe HENRY