De interioris hominis reformatione oratio in qua vera virtutum christianarum fundamenta ex D. Augustini doctrina iaciuntur. Habita in Monasterio Affligiens [ 2nd ed.].

12mo: [2]-78 (= 79)- [1] pp. (toned, some soiling).

17th-c. gilt calf, covers with gilt ruled border and gilt central ornament, spine on 3 raised bands (rubbed, corners bumped, head and tail def., gilt fading). Good copy.

2nd ed. (1st Antwerp 1628) of Jansenius’ famous “Discourse on the Reform of the Inner Man”, held for a congenial company in Affligem Abbey. It contains in a nutshell his central idea: men are predestined to obtain grace or to suffer condemnation. This is the germ out of which the “Augustinus” grew. Ref. STCV 6821905. - BCNI 8361. - Willaert 1924. Bound with : Id. - Notarum spongia quibus Alexipharmacum nuper propinatum aspersit Gisbertus Voetius Minist. Sylvae-duc. [...]. Editio secunda. Cum Alexipharmaco (4th ed.). Louvain, J. Zegers, 1641. 12mo: [46 (of 50)]-637 (= 639)-[1 bl.] pp. (lacking 2 prel. ff.: additional title, f. 11 of 1st quire). Title in red & black. Extensive attack on protestant pamphlets (i.a. by G. Voetius) against Catholics in ’s-Hertogenbosch, captured by the troops of Frederik Hendrik in 1629. On p. 569 part title of the Alexipharmacum (4th ed.). Ref. STCV 6821885. - Willaert 2147-2148. Prov. Old name on front endpaper 1st vol.