Le mani morte, ossia, Lettera all'autore del Ragionamento intorno ai beni posseduti dalle chiese
Contributors: Montagnacco, Antonio; Pitteri, Francesco, printer
Publisher: Appresso Francesco Pitteri
Published: 1766
Place of publication: In Venezia
Language: ita
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Property (Canon law); Mortmain; Church lands; Church and state; Law and legislation; Land tenure
Other titles: Lettera all'autore del Ragionamento intorno ai beni posseduti dalle chiese
Notes: Anonymous treatise criticizing the practice of mortmain by the Catholic Church in Italy and its treatment in canon law. A response to Antonio Montagnacco's Ragionamento intorno a' beni temporali posseduti dalle chiese, dagli ecclesiastici e da quelli tutti che si dicono mani morte. In Venezia : Appresso Luigi Pavini, 1766.

Etched title vignette signed: Gio.-Bat̃ta Brustolon inc. [Giovanni Battista Brustolon incidit]. Etched tail-piece on leaf A3 and etched illustration at head of main text (leaf A4).

Signatures: A-L⁸ M⁶.

Woodcut initials.

Errata at end.

LC copy untrimmed; in original off-white stiffened paper boards with two alum tawed ties reinforcing spine.