R.P. Claudii Aquavivae Societatis Iesu Praepositi Generalis Industriae pro superioribus ejusdem Societatis ad curandos animae morbos.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acquaviva, Claudio, 1543-1615
Other Authors: Meurs, Johannes van, 1579-1639 (Printer), Schipper, Jan Jacobsz (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:Latin
Created: Antverpi ̆: Apud Joannem Meursium, M. DC. XXXV. [i.e. Amsterdam : Jan Schipper, ca. 1650]
Series:Institutum ; 11.
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Item Description:Ca. 1650 pirated edition by Jan Schipper of Amsterdam; identified by the printer's name printed as 'Joannem Meursium' as opposed to the 'Ioannem Mevrsivm' of the original. Page 10, line 17 begins: "contr ̉nocuisse cognoverim." Cf. Miert, L. van. 'Een onopgemerkte Elzevierdruk?' Het boek (1923), p. 131-138).
A forgery of the 1635, Jan van Meurs copy, which in its entirety of 16 volumes comprised the first complete edition of the rules, decrees, constitution, etc. of the Society of Jesus. This work was called the "Institutum Societatis Jesu."
Signatures: A-G? H? (H? blank).
Title vignette (counterfeit of Meurs' device, consisting of a clasped book flanked by two angels and surmounted by a bust of Ignatius, motto below reads "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam."); initials; printed marginalia.
Includes index.
Physical Description:117, [7] p. ; 16 cm (8vo)
Place of Publication:Belgium -- Antwerp.
Netherlands -- Amsterdam.