See below pagination, octavo, 150:100 mm., light age staining, margins trimmed touching letters. A good copy bound in the later boards, rubbed.

Discordiae forenses Discordiæ forenses tribus tomis, & sex partibus comprehensæ by Joannis Clericati (Giovanni Maria Chiericato, 1633-1717) is a major work on Church cannon law. This volume, with a half title-page followed by a full title-page, printed primarily in red but also partly in black, with an attractive pressmark (?) is concerned with, among other things, benefits and pensions, and legal solutions of both ecclesiastical and secular courts. An important and weighty work in its field.

Joannis Clericati, Canonist, born 1633, at Padua; died 1717. He was of English descent, and the name is variously written CLERICATUS, CHERICATO, CHERICATI, and CHIERICATO, probably from CLARK, the original family name. The charity of a pious woman made it possible for him to satisfy his strong inclination for study; and, being raised to the priesthood he came to be considered one of the ablest men of his time in matters of ecclesiastical jurisprudence. Cardinal Barbarigo, whose life he afterwards wrote, made him Vicar-General of the Diocese of Padua. He wrote many works on civil and canon law; his "Decisiones Sacramentales" was published in 1727, and in 1757 in three volumes, and merited the encomiums of Benedict XIV (notific. 32, n. 6). His name is held in honour in Italian ecclesiastical literature.

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