CANISIUS, Petrus.- Opus catechisticum sive De summa doctrinae Christianae [...].
Estimation :
200 / 250
Adjudication :
220 €
Description
Coloniae, apud Gervinum Calesnium, & haeredes Johannis Quentelii, 1586. In-f° : [32]-833-[63] pp. (foxing and browning). Contemporary binding : pigskin on wooden boards, boards decorated with blind tooled panels and roll-stamps with floral ornaments, ribbed spine, red edges (soiled, blind tooling blurred, corners dulled, traces of clasps). Edition by Petrus Busaeus of this very popular catechism written in the form of question and answer, published in 1555 under the title "Summa doctrinae christianae", translated in more than 26 languages and edited countless times since. Saint Petrus Canisius born Peter Kanis (1521–1597) was one of the most important Jesuits and influential Catholics of his time to whom the restoration of Catholicism in Germany after the Reformation is attributed.
# Adams C-531; # VD 16 C 733; # Soltész C-189; # not in De Backer-Sommervogel (other ed.).
Provenance : "fr[atr]is Nicolas Crucii Zeltangeri 1601, p[ro]fessi monasteri Hemmeroden[n]sis" i.e. the Premonstratensian abbey of Hemmerode near Trier (handwritten mention); S. Ganser, 1843 (id.); religious institution (stamp passim).
JOINT : Saint FRANÇOIS de Sales.- Les oeuvres [...]. P., Léonard, 1663, in-f°, 20th cent. half brown shagreen (browned, some pp. strongly, marginal dampstains...). Works of devotion illustrated with 1 allegorical frontispiece, historiated head-pieces, in texto, decorated initials and title's vignettes.
Catéchisme très populaire par un des plus importants jésuites et ardent opposant de la Réforme. Pleine peau de truie décorée à froid de l'ép. (salie et estompée). Avec les oeuvres de Saint-François de Sales jointes.
# Adams C-531; # VD 16 C 733; # Soltész C-189; # not in De Backer-Sommervogel (other ed.).
Provenance : "fr[atr]is Nicolas Crucii Zeltangeri 1601, p[ro]fessi monasteri Hemmeroden[n]sis" i.e. the Premonstratensian abbey of Hemmerode near Trier (handwritten mention); S. Ganser, 1843 (id.); religious institution (stamp passim).
JOINT : Saint FRANÇOIS de Sales.- Les oeuvres [...]. P., Léonard, 1663, in-f°, 20th cent. half brown shagreen (browned, some pp. strongly, marginal dampstains...). Works of devotion illustrated with 1 allegorical frontispiece, historiated head-pieces, in texto, decorated initials and title's vignettes.
Catéchisme très populaire par un des plus importants jésuites et ardent opposant de la Réforme. Pleine peau de truie décorée à froid de l'ép. (salie et estompée). Avec les oeuvres de Saint-François de Sales jointes.
