Concept

Prohibited books

Images

  • The books of rituals compiled by Numa Pompilius being handed over to the people. Etching by G.B. Galestruzzi after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
  • The method by which the Jansenist weekly newspaper Les nouvelles ecclésiastiques was distributed in order to evade the interdictions of the French government, 1727. Etching by Aubry, 1790.
  • A Protestant man and woman interrupted while reading the forbidden Bible. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after K. Ooms.

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