Directorium exercitiorum spiritualium B.P.N. Ignatii.

[ACQUAVIVA, Claudio]

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Antwerp, J. Trognaesius, 1600

12mo: 200-[37] pp. (sl. browning).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine, sprinkled edges (some local stains).

First edition printed in the Low Countries (1st ed.: Rome, 1591) of this treatise aimed at clarifying Loyola's "Spiritual Exercises". The identity of Acquaviva (1543-1615), often referred to as the second founder of the Jesuit order, is revealed in the introductory note. With the Jesuit emblem on title.
Ref. DBS I:490. - BT 6024. - USTC 407117/416010. - Opac MPM. - Namur CDRR. - Not in Opac KBR.
Prov. Jesuits of Leuven (ms. ownership entry, 17th c.).