Online auction - Lot 319
[Devotion]
Trismegistus Christianus seu Triplex Cultus: Conscientae Caelitum Corporis.
München, N. Henricus, 1625
Starting bid: €
80
€ 100 / 150
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12mo: [27]-448-[2] pp. (some faint dampstaining).
Contemp. overl. vellum, flat ink titled spine.
One of two issues (with col. 1625) of this first edition by the prolific German Jesuit Drexel (1581-1638). With engr. title. Moralistic and ascetic writing referring to the 3 imporant things in Christian life following the rule of Ignatius of Loyola: purification of conscience, veneration of saints and modesty in clothing and personal hygiene.
Ref. VD17 12:719156Y.
Bound with: Amato, Francesco Maria - Imago Virtutum Roberti Cardinalis Bellarmini Politani E Societate Jesu a Marcello Cervino eius Nepote Adumbrata Et Greg. XV. Pont. Opt. Max. Exposita. Ingolstadt, G. Haenlinus, 1625. [8 incl. front.]-134-[4] pp. (sm. hole throughout lower border of first quires sometimes thouching the printed surface). One engr. front.-portr. of Bellarminus by Wolf. Kilian.