[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce early ed. of the rules of the Jesuit order. Rome: 1590

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(JESUITS) CANONES CONGREGATIONUM GENERALIUM SOCIETATIS JESU... Rome: In Collegio Societatis Jesu. 1590. 8vo. (12),126,(2)pp. With the final leaf of register. Woodcut Jesuit device on title. Cont. limp vellum, a bit soiled. Two small stamps on title. At top of title is a cont. inscription, "Collegii Societatis Jesu Ipris," the Jesuit College at Ypres.                       $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
A scarce early edition of the rules of the Jesuit order founded by Ignatius of Loyola. This 1590 edition is a reprint of the 1581 edition, with some corrections by Clement VIII. Sommervogel 5:95.

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