[INDEX]. Index Librorum Prohibitorum cum regulis confectis per Patres à Tridentina Synodo delectus. Paris: Laurent Sonnius, 1599. 12mo, 133 x 79 mm. (5¼ x 3 in.), modern calf, edges stained red, scuffed, spine sunned, a few page numbers and one headline cropped, some light dampstaining to middle quires. Woodcut initials and headpiece. Adams I-107; PMM 82 (Rome 1559 edition). A rare French edition of the Index. The text and listed books reflect the additions and modifications made by Popes Clement VIII and Sixtus V as well as the rationalizing work of the Congregation of the Index, established in 1571. Robert Shackleton II, ink stamp on upper pastedown.