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1681 Italian Catholic Synod — Diocese of Alba — Contemporary Vellum Rare 17th-century printing of Decreta synodalia Dioecesis Albensis, issued for the Diocese of Alba under Bishop Vittorio Nicolino della Chiesa and printed at Saluzzo by Nicolò Valauri in 1681. This compact Latin volume preserves the decrees of the diocesan synods of 1673 and 1681, showing how Catholic reform was actually administered at the local level through rules governing clergy, sacraments, parish discipline, worship, preaching, processions, confession, church property, and diocesan administration. Bound in period vellum with strong visual character and a prominent episcopal device. Complete as examined: [8], 106, [2]. A particularly scarce provincial ecclesiastical imprint. At the time of research, no other independently verified copy of this exact 1681 edition was located in active commercial availability on the accessible global market.