dangerous books
here is the text of one of four approvals that is included in the opening pages of a Spanish book from 1612. one is from the king, two are from religious authorities, and one from a military authority. there is also a page from the printer fixing the price of the book.
APPROVAL
By order of the lords of the Royal Council, I have seen this story, entitled Thopographia, y descripción de Argel, y sucesos, y sucesión de sus Reyes; composed by father Maestro fray Diego de Haedo, of the order of San Benito, and I have not discovered in it any thing that may be against our blessed Catholic Faith, nor against decent customs, and it is filled with much doctrine, and particular elegance, into which the author has invested much work, and it seems to me that he should be given permission to print it, for great fruits for christianity are bound to follow from it. In Madrid, the eighteenth of October of 1608.
Antonio de Herrera
By order of the lords of the Royal Council, I have seen this story, entitled Thopographia, y descripción de Argel, y sucesos, y sucesión de sus Reyes; composed by father Maestro fray Diego de Haedo, of the order of San Benito, and I have not discovered in it any thing that may be against our blessed Catholic Faith, nor against decent customs, and it is filled with much doctrine, and particular elegance, into which the author has invested much work, and it seems to me that he should be given permission to print it, for great fruits for christianity are bound to follow from it. In Madrid, the eighteenth of October of 1608.
Antonio de Herrera
posted by Jesse at 4:32 PM
1 Comments:
It's like a foreword, censor certificate and book review all rolled in one. :)
9:14 AM
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