8 separate editions published together, with a general title page and table of contents, 24cm., text in Latin, text bright and clean, contemporary full-leather binding (gilt title and decorations in spine, ends of joints fragile, corners bit bumped, small loss of leather at upper end of spine, 2 small worm holes at lower end of spine), with some ornamented initials and tail pieces, good condition, rare, [Detailed content; 1: Certamen immunitatis sacerdotum Belgii in causis personalibus praecipue criminalibus, zelatorisque ejus illustrissimi domini archiepiscopi Mechlin. adversus Authors Libelli cui titulus "Libelli Hispanice editi etc. Confutatio per Belgas Theologos" (59pp., s.d., the approbatio mentions 1699) // 2: Certamen pro immunitate ecclesiastica locali seu asylo etc. (348 + 12pp., 1700) // 3: Replica contra libellum typis Nicolai Braaw Harlemi, etc. 'Refutatio responsi ad libellum cui titulus 'Motivum Juris pro capitulo Cathedrali Harlemensi, etc. (Mechliniae, Laurentius Vander Elst, s.d., 42pp.), 4: Motivum Juris pro Bove Triturante (Bruxellis, De Dobbeleer, 1705, [17] + 151 + 7pp.) // 5: Motivum Juris de placeto regio in tres dialogos digestum (s.l., s.n., s.d. [1723], 101 + 53 [=3] pp.) // 6: Motivum Juris Patrii seu defensio edictorum principum Belgii (s.l., s.n., s.d. [1723], 60pp.) // 7: Ampliatio motivi juris patrii pro red. dom. Petro Govaerts vicario apostolico Dioecesis Sylvaeducensis et ea qualitate defensore in causa quam in Supremo Brabantiae Consilio sustinet contra illustrissimam Dominam Comitissam Viduam Illustrissimi Domini Comitis de Mansny, baronem d'Elderen, etc. (s.l., s.n., 1725, 80 + [7] + 9 + [1] + [7] pp.) // 8: Dissertatio civilis et canonica in qua inquiritur an sacerdotes Belgae, canonici, pastores, & capellani etiam manuales quorum officio annexum est onus audiendi confessiones, catechisandi, aut concionandi, sine causa possint destitui ?, etc. (s.l., s.n., s.d. [ca. 1709?], 30pp.) // GOVARTS Petrus, born in Turnhout 1644, died in Mechelen 1726 and buried in the hospital of Geel, studied theology and law in Leuven, was elected 3 times 'rector magnificus' of the Leuven University, became vicar general in Mechelen, and in 1701 he became apostolic vicar of 's-Hertogenbosch. In 1703 he was appointed to defend the rights and interests of the catholics against the Jansenists in The Hague, and as such Govarts tried to convert Petrus Codde (in vain). This publication reflects some of his activities both in Mechelen and in 's-Hertogenbosch & Den Haag. Cfr. NNBW IX-297-298], Reference: STCV 12914042, R96639
