[reform Protestantism] Collection Of Edicts, Declarations & Judgments Reformed Religion. 1701.

[Protestantism]. Collection of Edicts, Declarations and Orders of the Council rendered on the subject of the so-called reformed religion from 1679 to the present. In Paris, at Charles Saugrain, 1701. One vol. in 8vo format (198 x 127 mm) of 10 ff. n.fol. and 475pp. Contemporary binding in full glazed and marbled Havana calfskin, Jansenist covers, ribbed spine adorned with blind-edged fat fillets, gilt framing boxes, large gilt flowered decoration, gilt title, gilt tail palette, gilt roulette on the cuts , speckled edges. Rare first edition. The work contains the 164 texts highlighting the important “repressive arsenal tending to prevent “the so-called reformed religion” from existing by preventing access to certain charges (notaries, prosecutors, etc.), by limiting individual freedoms (prohibition of bi-confessional marriages) and in general by multiplying bullying, prohibitions and spoliation in order to make the life of the "Huguenots" untenable, and more particularly from the revocation of the Edict of Nantes' '. (Bernard Portheault). Worn corners. Small abrasion affecting the top corner of the front cover. Small angular task - fading away - to the preliminary pages. Discreet circle in the lower margin of the body of the book. Otherwise, good condition. Rare.