The Historie of The Councel of Trent. Containing eight Bookes. In which (besides the ordinarie Actes of Councell) are declared many notable occurrences, which happened in Christendome, during the space of fourtie yeeres and more. Polano, Pietro Soaue. Brent, Nathaniel (translator). Alte Drucke

2°. Folio 825 pages. Full calf binding. Good condition. Rare first edition about the council of Trento / Trient. The major work of Venetian Servite friar, historian and polymath Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623). It is an unofficial account of the Council of Trent (1545-1563). It is more or less an ecclesiastical history than a political analysis of the origins and early development of the Counter-Reformation. Sprache: english.