Description
De vita et moribus Ignatii Loiolae, qui Societatem Iesu fundavit, libri III...,
Venice; 1585
Title page within a woodcut frame, woodcut headpieces, initials and endpieces,
printer's device on the colophon
(restoration on the verso of the title page, minor browning and occasional foxing, minor woodworm holes in the lower corner of some leaves)
19th century half-leather over marbled paper, gilt title label on the spine
Provenance: "canonizatus 1622 ab Gregorio XV ai 12 di marzo"
(manuscript note on the frontispiece regarding the canonization of Ignatius of Loyola)
- George H. Powell (ownership note on the flyleaf)
- Janet Ashbee and CR Ashbee (Charles Robert Ashbee 1863-1942, famous architect and decorator, bookplate on the flyleaf)
Size 4 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches
Text in Latin
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Reserve: $425.00
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1585 IGNATII LOYOLA BIOGRAPHY antique De vita et moribus Ignatii Loiolae 16th C.
Estimate $500-$600
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