Descrizione

With engr. pictorial title and 2 engr. plates. 24 unn., 625 pp., 16 unn. leaves. 12mo. Contemp. vellum. Munich, Cornelius Leysser, 1636. Early edition of a work by Jeremias Drexel (1581-1638), dedicated to the Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria. Treats the subject of the right intention, referring to a thought by Ignatius that all men should face God with upright intention and clear eyes. The two full-page emblematic plates didn't appear in the first edition. - Old library stamp on first text leaf. - VD17 12:101240A; Dünnhaupt (2nd ed.),p. 1391, 10.11; Landwehr, German Emblem Books, no. 259 (Cologne ed. 1631); Pörnbacher 175; Breidenbach, Der Emblematiker Jeremias Drexel, 213-16.; De Backer/Sommervogel III, 188, 8 (note) 1634); cf. Jantz 866 (ed. 1634); Paisey D743. RELIGION / THEOLOGY ; BIBELN, RELIGION ; JESUITS ;