THE ROLE OF JANSENISTS IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Gustà, Francesc: Memorie della Rivoluzione Francese tanto politica che ecclesiastica e della gran parte, che vi hanno avuto i giansenisti. Aggiuntevi alcune notizie interessanti sul numero e qualita dei preti costituzionali. Opera del signor abate D. Francesco Gusta. In Assisi, per Ottavio Sgariglia 1793.

Copy in a nice original state of this rare history of the French Revolution, and the role of Jansenists within it. Gustà (1744-1816) was a native of Barcelona, expelled from Spain (Valencia) during his training to become a Jesuit, when Carlos III banished the order in 1767. He moved to Italy, and received clerical orders in Modena, but had not reached the age required (thirty-three) to make a solemn profession in the Order, before it was suppressed in 1773. He went on to be a professor of church history, in Naples, and Palermo, where he died. Anti-Jansenism was an important theme of his writings. The present title appeared in a second edition (Ferrara 1794) - also rare - as Dell’ influenza dei Giansenisti.

Details

First edition. One volume, 19.1 cms. x 13.2 cms., in octavo, pp. 264 [i.e. 234], [2]. Light or medium foxing and browning, a very nice copy in its original state, deckle edges, binding of yellow glazed paper over card, contemporary label to head of spine of MS on paper (mostly rubbed away), two small ink stains to upper cover.

SBN: IT\ICCU\SBLE\006987. Outside Italy, OCLC (2019) shows five locations - Munich UB; Dayton; Biblioteca de Catalunya, BNE, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Catalogue Collectif de France shows a copy at Assemblée Nationale.

On Gustà, see article by Miquel Batllori in Dizionario biografico degli italiani 61 (2004).