MAFFEI Giovanni Pietro De vita et moribus Ignatii Loiolae qui Societatem Jesu fundavit libri III. Venice, Giolito, 1585
8vo: woodcut title-frame incorporating cherubs, swagged pillars and Giolito's device. Contemporary limp vellum, lacks ties; corner of one leaf of index torn away without loss.
The second edition of this life of St. Ignatius written by a member of the society. It was printed in Rome earlier in the same year and Giolito has reprinted the original dedicatory letter to the General, Claudio Aquaviva.
£700
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