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SECOND EDITION OF THE DECREES OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUSVarious Authors (Jesuit...

SECOND EDITION OF THE DECREES OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS

Various Authors (Jesuit Fathers). Decreta congregationum generalium Societatis Iesu. Secunda editio. Rome: in Collegio Romano eiusdem Societatis, 1616.

Large 8vo, 18th century calf (spine restored), blue edges, pp. [8], 560, [32].
Title within ornamental woodcut border. Xylographic device with the monogram of the Society of Jesus at title-page. Woodcut head- and tailpieces, woodcut initials. Printed marginal notes.

Second edition of the Jesuits Decrees (first printed in 1615), contains decrees of the first seven General Congregations, wanted by the of Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Claudio Aquaviva.

The edition was printed by the typography of the Roman College of the Jesuits.

References: Backer & Sommervogel, V, 96. IT\ICCU\UM1E\003237. OCLC, 38167643 (four copies in USA).