Enchiridion controversiarum praecipuarum nostri temporis de religione, in gratiam Sodalitatis [...] Mariae.

8vo: [20]-236 (= 336) pp. (minor toning and spotting).

Mod. vellum with remains of cont. blind-stamped calf pasted on, flat spine (rubbed, front flyleaf gone). Good copy.

1st ed. of an extensive polemical text against protestants by the Brabant Jesuit Costerus (1532-1619), intended for the members of the Jesuit Sodalities of the Holy Virgin. Woodcut on title (Madonna with Child). Ref. VD-16 C-5551. - Bibl. Belg. I:866-868 C-514. - DBS II:1514-1515:2. - Not in Adams, BCNI, STC German (BL). Prov. Old ownership entry on title. Joined: Idem – Libellus Sodalitatis: hoc est, Christianarum institutionum libri quinque [...]. Antwerp, Plantin Press (Wid. C. Plantin & J. Moretus), 1593. 16mo: [32]-470-[1, 1 bl.] pp. (toned). Cont. limp overl. vellum, blind-stamped ornament on covers, flat spine titled in ink (sl. loosening). Popular catechetical work for members of the Jesuit Sodalities (1st 1586). Woodcut on title. Ref. BT 5516. - Bibl. Belg. I:858 C-491. - Imhof (Moretus) C-76. - BCNI 4176. - Cp. DBS II:1510-1512:1. - Not in Adams, STC Dutch (BL). Prov. Monastic ownership entry on title; libr. stamp and ticket.