3 volumes. [20], 862, [58]; [8], 881, [3]; [6], 885, [71] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. (4to) 20x14.5 cm (8x5½"), period vellum, gilt spine labels.
Eighteenth century edition of Cardinal Pallavicino's chief literary work, a history of the Council of Trent, considered a harsh though well-researched rebuttal to Paolo Sarpi's Istoria del Concilio Tridentino. First published in Rome in two folio volumes, 1656-1657.
