Regulae Societatis Iesu.

8vo : [2]-306-[4] pp. (paper age-toned, some marg. staining, bottom corner of B7-8 torn off with loss of a few letters).

Mod. cloth. Good copy.

Rare Dillingen ed. of the Rules of the Society of Jesus (1st Rome 1567), intended as a summary of the ideals and goals set forth in Ignatiuss Constitutions. Title within double ruled border. 17th-c. Jesuit ownership entry on title. At the end some 17th-c. manuscript prayers in Latin and German (5 pp.). Ref. VD-16 I-51. Bucher (Dillingen) 779. Cp. DBS V:102-103 (other eds). Not in Adams, BL, BnF etc. Joined: Nepveu, François, S.J. – Retraite selon lesprit et la methode de Saint Ignace, pour les ecclesiastiques. Paris, L. Guerin, 1727, 12mo, cont. sheep (worn), [24]-422-[8] pp. (age-toned, some traces of use). Good copy. Popular devotional treatise by the French Jesuit Nepveu (1639-1708), 1st publ. Paris 1687. Libr. st. Ref. Cp. DBS V:1627:4 (other eds). (2 vols)