Very important collection of 36 pamphlets, in-18, in-12 and - Lot 147

Very important collection of 36 pamphlets, in-18, in-12 and in-8, published between 1857 and 1862, relating to the Roman question under the Second Empire. Napoleon III's Italian policy (1859-1860) led him to intervene militarily to promote Italian unity. But his half-victory jeopardized the Papal States, for which Ultramontane Catholics in France would blame him, despite the annexation of Savoy and Nice that this intervention brought to France. The Syrian campaign was a way of bringing them back to the Empire. 3 brochures are anonymous. The others are by : J. Blanc ; F.-A. Couderc de Latour-Lisside ; J. Crétineau-Joly ; A. de Falloux ; le R.P. Hermann ; P. John ; H.-D. Lacordaire ; A. de La Guéronnière ; A. Marteau; A.-M.-J. de Melun; Ph. de Montenon; A. Nettement; P. Sauzet; H.-F. de Valori-Rustichelli; L. Veuillot; A.-F. Villemain; as well as Mgr Mathieu, cardinal; Mgr de Ségur; Mgr Dupanloup, bishop of Orléans; Mgr Pie, bishop of Poitiers and Mgr Plantier, bishop of Nîmes. Together in a half-vellum cardboard folder, metal-framed spine, period. Minor defects on one spine, otherwise good condition. 1. The Italian Question in 1859 (La), with a preface by Mgr Gerbet, bishop of Perpignan. Paris, Gaume Frères et J. Duprey, 1859, in-8, pp. [5] to 75; paperback, printed cover. -Trade stamps on verso of title and in lower margin of 3 ff... (38747) - First edition. 2. HERMANN (R.P.). Discours à l'occasion du service de soennelle action de grâces pour l'heureux retour des volontaires pontificaux d'Avignon, célébré par Mgr l'archevêque d'Avignon dans sa métropole, le 10 novembre 1860. Avignon, Seguin Aîné, 1860, in-8, 12 pp. paperback, printed cover. -Ex-libris handwritten in contemporary pen on the title, and bookmarks on the last page. First edition. 3. MATHIEU (Monseigneur Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire). Un mot du cardinal Mathieu sur la brochure : Pape et Empereur, de M. Cayla. Paris, Adrien Le Clere et Cie, 1860, in-8, 16 pp. paperback, printed cover. -Handwritten ex-libris in contemporary pen on the title, and stamp on 1 f. - First edition. 4. PLANTIER (Monseigneur Claude-Henri-Augustin). De la conduite du clergé français dans la question romaine. Pastoral letter from the Bishop of Nîmes to the clergy of his diocese. [June 18, 1860]. Nîmes, Soustelle, 1860, in-8, 29 pp. paperback, printed cover. -Handwritten ex-libris in contemporary pen on spine. (38751) Cover serves as title. 5. PLANTIER (Monseigneur Claude-Henri-Augustin). Lettre pastorale et mandement de Monseigneur l'évêque de Nîmes ordonnant une quête en faveur des Chrétiens de la Syrie. [August 2, 1860]. Nîmes, Soustelle, 1860, in-8, 12 pp. paperback, printed cover. (38752) Cover serves as title. 6. PLANTIER (Monseigneur Claude-Henri-Augustin). Lettre pastorale de Monseigneur l'évêque de Nîmes au clergé de son diocèse sur la dernière invasion des Etats-Pontificaux. [October 10, 1860]. Nîmes, Soustelle, 1860, in-8, 28 pp. paperback, printed cover. -Handwritten bookplate in contemporary pen on 1st f.. (38753) Cover serves as title. 7. PIE (Monseigneur Louis-Edouard). Mandement de Monseigneur l'évêque de Poitiers portant publication d'une lettre encyclique de N.S. Père le Pape pour le carême 1860. [January 19, 1860]. Poitiers, Henri Oudin, 1860, in-8, 28 pp. paperback, printed cover (ex-libris handwritten in contemporary pen on verso of 1st cover). (38754) Cover serves as title. 8. VILLEMAIN (Abel-François). France, the Empire and the Papacy. Question de droit public. Paris, Charles Douniol, 1860, in-8, 32 pp. paperback, printed cover, small wetness in the lower margin of the 1st plate and first 3 pages, very slight paper loss on the second plate and in the outer margin of the last 2 pages, handwritten bookplate and bookmarks. (38756) First edition. 9. SÉGUR (Monseigneur Louis-Gaston-Adrien de). Le Pape. Questions à l'ordre du jour. Paris, Jacques Lecoffre et Ce, 1860, in-18, 35 pp. paperback, printed cover, ex-libris handwritten in contemporary pen on 1st board (38757). Cover serves as title. First edition. 10. JOHN (Paul). Simple questions. Lettre adressée à Messieurs du Siècle à propos du Pape. Paris, Jacques Lecoffre et Cie, 1860, in-12, 33 pp. paperback, printed cover, bookmark on 1st board. -Handwritten bookplate in contemporary pen on the title page. (38758) First edition. 11. VALORI (Henry-François de Valori-Rustichelli, Vicomte). Piedmont outlawed by Europe. [From October 1, 1860]. Paris, Charles Douniol and Avignon, Fr. Seguin, 1860, in-16, 15 pp; paperback, printed cover, bookmarks on second cover (38759). Cover serves as title. First edition. 12. FALLOUX (Alfred-Frédéric-Pierre de). Antecedents and consequences of the