Henry Charles Lea (1825-1909), Philadelphia publisher and civic reformer, was also America's first distinguished historian of the European middle ages, focusing on institutional, legal, and ecclesiastical history, as well as magic and witchcraft. His library became a specialized working collection out of which Lea wrote his History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages (1888), History of the Inquisition of Spain (1906-1908), and other studies.
The room holding his collection, built in 1881 as an extension to his house at 2000 Walnut Street, was conveyed to the University in 1926 by Lea's children, Arthur H. Lea and Nina Lea. Arthur H. Lea further endowed the Lea collections with a generous bequest. Both the room and Lea's collection are part of the Penn's
Annenberg Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Materials purchased through this fund include:
Materials purchased through this fund include:
- Chartae Latinae antiquiores : facsimile edition of the Latin charters prior to the ninth century
- Carta defensiva por parte do supremo tribunal do Santo Officio : em reposta de outra, que da Cidad de Evora se escreveo a hum religioso assistente na Universidad de Coimbra, remetendo-se-lhe co[m] ella a pastoral, q[ue] o Exc. e Rever. Senhor Arcebispo, D
- Memorial dado a sua Mag[esta]d[e] a respeito do governo e prehiminencias da Santa Inquisiçao [manuscript]
- Origem da denominação de X. V. [Cristão velho], X.N. [Christão novo], em Portugal, e as cauzas da continuação destes nomes, como tambem da cegueira judaica [manuscript] : como méthodo para se extinguir em poucos an[os] esta differença entre os mesmos subditos, e ceguira judaica; tudo p[ara] augmento da religião catholica, e utilidade do estado.
- Renversement de la morale chrétienne par les desordres du monachisme : Enrichi de figures. Première partie = Omstootinge der christelyke zeden door de wan-schik en ongeregeltheden der moniken : verciert mit figuren. 't eerste deel.
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- Model of the Prison and Holy Office of the Inquisition in Portugal
- Der reisende Buchbindergeselle : oder merckwuB(dige und hoB(chstbewundernswuB(dige Fata eines reisenden Buchbindergesellen, so ihm in Deutschland, Franckfreich, Holland, Engeland, Italien und sonderlich in Portugall in der heiligen Inquisition begegnet, und wie er durch Vorbitte de KoB(nigen alda vom Feuer eloB(set worden, von ihm selbst aufgesetzt.
- Maximas discretas sobre a reforma necessaria da agricultura, commercio, milicia, marinha, tribunaes, e fabricas, [&c.] de Portugal [manuscript]
- Respuesta al libro intitulado Politica de Dios, govierno de Christo, tirania de Satanas [manuscript].
- Renversement de la morale chreB4tienne par les desordres du monachisme : Enrichi de figures. Premie`re partie = Omstootinge der christelyke zeden door de wan-schik en ongeregeltheden der moniken : verciert mit figuren. 't eerste deel.
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