THE RIGHTS OF SOVEREIGNS AND SUBJECTS. Translated From The Italian, And Compared With The French. To Which Is Prefixed The Life Of The Author, And An Account Of His Writings

Paolo Sarpi

London: Printed for J. Graves in St. James's-Street, C. King in Westminster-Hall, W. Meadows in Cornhill, and J. Hooke in Fleetstreet, 1722.

[8], lxxxviii, viii, 376,369-392 pages, frontis. First English Edition. Bound in contemporary Cambridge style calf leather. Rebacked in modern leather, gilt. Rehinged, library markings, scattered foxing, browning to pages. Originally published in Italian and French under the general title of 'Les droits des souverains' at The Hague in 1721, from which this translation is taken.

This work, suppressed by the Church for a century, on the rights of Sovereigns and their subjects challenges rulers and the power of the Church towards them. Sarpi uses his work on the Council of Trent to express his views and politic treatise.