De origine et progressu Officii Santæ Inquisitionis (Madrid, 1598) PÁRAMO, Luís de.- DE | ORIGINE ET | PROGRESSV OFFICII | SANCTAE INQVISITIONIS, | eiúsque dignitate & vtilitate, | DE ROMANI PONTIFICIS POTESTATE | & delegata Inquisitorum: Edicto Fidei, & ordine iudiciario | Sancti Officij, quæstiones decem. | LIBRI TRES...- Madriti: Ex Typographia Regia, 1598.- [120], 887, [1 br.] p.; 28 cm.- E. Luís de Páramo (* 1545), born in Borox, Toledo, cleric of the cathedral of León and later inquisitor in Sicily, a position he held when he published the present book. In this, the author develops the first chapter of his controversial work Responsum ... adversus oppositiones ... and seeks, with historical arguments, to legitimize the existence of the Inquisition Court. On December 4, 1769, a letter patent from the Royal Censorship Institution, expressly forbade and ordered all editions of the work to be collected, as they contain the same maxims of the Bullae de Coena and the doctrines with which they are excused (see Maria Teresa Payan Martins, A censura literária em Portugal nos séculos XVII e XVIII, Lisboa, 2005, p. 520-521). Slightly trimmed specimen, still maintaining good margins; slight water stains, but generally clean. Title page with a scratched possession manuscript from the time (with some browning and minor corrosion) and inscription, dated 1760, attesting the purge according to the Inquisition. Ex-libris and white seal of the Alfonso Cassuto Library. An entire worn sheepskin later binding with signs of moth work but recoverable. Palau, 212156. Vekene, 1869.