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JESUITS. Bolland, Jean, S.J. Imago primi saeculi Societatis Jesu. 1640
(JESUITS.) [Bolland, Jean, S.J.] Imago primi saeculi Societatis Jesu. 124 engraved emblems in text by Cornelius Galle. [8], 952, [22] pages, including half-title and engraved title by Galle after Philippe Fruitiers (cropped in outer margin). Folio, modern orange linen with leather lettering piece, spine blistered; dampstaining in outer margins through most of volume, sidenotes on 2N2 shaved, old ink shelf mark and stamp of Cork Cathedral Library in margin of a number of leaves. Bookplates of John Murphy, Bishop of Cork (1772-1848), and the literary scholar Norman Endicott (1902-79), the latter designed by Leo Wyatt. Antwerp: ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasari Moreti, 1640
- Notes: first edition of a work celebrating the history and achievements of the Jesuit order in prose, verse, and emblems, published to mark the centenary of its founding. Funcke, page 341; Praz, pages 185-80 and 380.
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