1751 1ed JESUITS Lives Illustrated Folio Portraits St Ignatius Loyola Catholic
“Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.”
― Ignatius of Loyola
An impressive collection of portraits and biographical sketches of important and eminent Jesuit Superior Generals and Catholic theologians. The huge, folio tome features the illustrations of Arnold Westerhout and descriptions by Niccolo Galeotti. This highly desirable and valuable first edition book was published in 1751 in Rome and was written in both Latin and Italian. This edition, which is also considered the most complete, includes descriptions of the following Jesuits:
- Ignatius Loyola
- Diego Laínez
- Francisco de Borja
- Everard Mercurian
- Claudio Aquaviva
- Muzio Vitelleschi
- Vincenzo Carrafa
- Francesco Piccolomini
- Alessandro Gottifredi
- Goswin Nickel
- Giovanni Paolo Oliva
- Charles de Noyelle
- Tirso González
- Michelangelo Tamburini
- Franz Retz
- Ignazio Visconti
1751 1ed JESUITS Lives Illustrated Folio Portraits St Ignatius Loyola Catholic
“Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.”
― Ignatius of Loyola
An impressive collection of portraits and biographical sketches of important and eminent Jesuit Superior Generals and Catholic theologians. The huge, folio tome features the illustrations of Arnold Westerhout and descriptions by Niccolo Galeotti. This highly desirable and valuable first edition book was published in 1751 in Rome and was written in both Latin and Italian. This edition, which is also considered the most complete, includes descriptions of the following Jesuits:
- Ignatius Loyola
- Diego Laínez
- Francisco de Borja
- Everard Mercurian
- Claudio Aquaviva
- Muzio Vitelleschi
- Vincenzo Carrafa
- Francesco Piccolomini
- Alessandro Gottifredi
- Goswin Nickel
- Giovanni Paolo Oliva
- Charles de Noyelle
- Tirso González
- Michelangelo Tamburini
- Franz Retz
- Ignazio Visconti
Item number: #3653
Price: $950
GALEOTTI, Niccolo
Imagines praepositorum generalium societatis Jesu… Ritratti de’ prepositi generali della Compagnia di Gesú
In Roma : A spese di Venantio Monaldini mercante-libraro al Corso, MDCCLI [1751]
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- [40] leaves, [1] blank
- Signatures: [pi]-2[pi]² A-R²
- References: de Backer III, 1108-09
- Language: Latin / Italian in parallel columns
- Binding: leather; tight and secure
- Size: ~15.5in X 11in (39cm x 28cm)
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3653
Category
Religion
Authors
GALEOTTI, Niccolo
Printing Date
18th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete