1581 Spanish Inquisition & Loyola Confessor Manual Juan Polanco Spanish JESUIT
Juan Alfonso de Polanco was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest known for being a close adviser of Ignatius of Loyola and a central figure in the establishment of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. He composed a number of liturgical works including ‘Brief Direction for Confessors’, a manual designed to aid Catholic confessors. It was written to explain various aspects of the Catholic Church such as confession, ecclesiastical interrogation, and excommunication.
This rare 1581 Latin edition was published in Antwerp and is bound in decorative, blind-stamped vellum.
1581 Spanish Inquisition & Loyola Confessor Manual Juan Polanco Spanish JESUIT
Juan Alfonso de Polanco was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit priest known for being a close adviser of Ignatius of Loyola and a central figure in the establishment of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. He composed a number of liturgical works including ‘Brief Direction for Confessors’, a manual designed to aid Catholic confessors. It was written to explain various aspects of the Catholic Church such as confession, ecclesiastical interrogation, and excommunication.
This rare 1581 Latin edition was published in Antwerp and is bound in decorative, blind-stamped vellum.
Item number: #4345
Price: $795
POLANCO, Juan Alfonso de
Breve directorivm ad confessarii ac confitentis mvnvs recte obevndvm
Antverpiae : apud Joannem Bellerum, 1581.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all 113 leaves:
- (226 pages)
- Language: Latin
- Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
- Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13.5cm x 8cm)
- Rare with no other example for sale worldwide
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4345
Category
Religion
Authors
POLANCO, Juan Alfonso de
Printing Date
16th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete