Bidspirit auction | Bibliography. Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Mechliniae

Bibliography. Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Mechliniae 1878 – The official Catholic Index of Prohibited Books. Printed in Mechelen (Mechlin), Belgium, 1878, juxta exemplar romanum (“according to the Roman edition”). A complete alphabetical register of authors and titles banned by the Church, accompanied by the Regulae Indicis outlining the principles of ecclesiastical censorship. 371+4 pages. Loer spine tear. 400 grams - This edition is distinctive for its provenance: issued in Mechelen for Northern European Catholic centers and circulated also among Catholic communities in Quebec, Canada. Published in the late 19th century, less than a century before the Index was abolished (1966), it reflects the “final phase” of the Catholic censorship regime. A historically intriguing edition, documenting the persistence of the Index in the cultural and religious life of the Catholic world at the end of the 19th century