Du Pape
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 0128
Author
Maistre, Joseph de
Title
Du Pape
Statement of responsibility
Par l'auteur des Considérations sur la France
Place of publication
Lyon ; Paris
Publisher
Chez Rusand, Libraire, Imprimeur du Roi ; Librairie Ecclésiastique
Printer
Rusand, Imprimeur du Roi
Date
1821
Imprint (isbd)
Lyon : Chez Rusand, Libraire, Imprimeur du Roi ; Paris : Librairie Ecclésiastique, 1821
Language
French
Edition
Second edition, enlarged and corrected by the author
Alternative title
Not identified
Original work
Du Pape
Original language
French
Translator
Not applicable
Print run
Not identified
Collation
XLVIII, 405 pages
Illustrations
None
Maps
None
Format
Octavo (8vo)
Dimensions
20.5 × 13.5 cm
Typographic signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Laid paper
Watermarks
Not identified
Printing condition
Good, with clear and consistent impression throughout the volume
Binding
Contemporary full speckled calf binding
Spine
Decorated with gilt tools, ornamental compartments, red title label and black volume label
Boards
Plain speckled calf
Endpapers
Contemporary paper endpapers
Edges
Tinted edges
Binding condition
Good, with moderate wear and minor surface losses on parts of the spine
Main content
Historical, theological and political study of the papacy and its role within the Catholic Church and European civilisation
Structure
Avis de l'Imprimeur, Préface de la seconde édition, Discours préliminaire, followed by the first book of the work
Main subjects discussed
Papal infallibility, spiritual authority, papal supremacy, relations between Church and temporal power, history of the papacy
Note 1
Second edition revised and enlarged according to corrections prepared by the author before his death
Note 2
Considered one of the fundamental works of nineteenth-century Catholic political and religious thought
Note 3
Published in the year of Joseph de Maistre’s death
Note 4
One of the most influential texts of the Ultramontane movement and of conservative Catholic political philosophy
Subject 1
Religion
Subject 2
Catholic Church
Subject 3
Papacy
Subject 4
Political philosophy
Subject 5
Ecclesiastical history
Subject 6
Counter-revolutionary thought
Subject 7
Nineteenth century
Shelfmark
0128
Condition
Good. The volume shows foxing, old dampstaining, age-toning of the paper and moderate wear to the binding, without significantly affecting readability or structural integrity.
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Volume I. Preserves its original full speckled calf binding with gilt decoration on the spine. No bookplates, library stamps, ownership inscriptions or manuscript annotations have been identified in the examined images.