CANISIUS, Petrus, S.J. Summa doctrinae Christianae. In usum Christianae pueritiae per quaestiones recens conscripta. 1558 J. Withagius, 8vo, 18th-c. red morocco (rubbed, front joint starting to split, head and tail def.), gilt spine on 4 raised...
Estimation :
200 / 300
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
bands, red edges, marbled endpapers, 104-[4] ff. (paper age-toned, title and 1st/last quire dusty & stained). Good copy.
Very rare early ed. of the famous catechism of the Dutch Jesuit Canisius (1521-1597), 1st publ. Wien 1554. The present ed. was printed by Withagius for himself (as here) and for his colleague Hans de Laet (BT 4440). Woodcut mark on title. Nice old bookpl.e of the Antwerp collector F.J.J. Mols (1722-1790). Mod. bookpl.
Very rare early ed. of the famous catechism of the Dutch Jesuit Canisius (1521-1597), 1st publ. Wien 1554. The present ed. was printed by Withagius for himself (as here) and for his colleague Hans de Laet (BT 4440). Woodcut mark on title. Nice old bookpl.e of the Antwerp collector F.J.J. Mols (1722-1790). Mod. bookpl.
