Author: Europaeus, Lucius Cornelius, pseud. of Guilio Clemente Scotti
Title: Lucii Cornelii EuropæI Monarchia Solipsorum Advirum Clarissimum Leonem Allatium
Description: Venetiis, 1651. Hardcover. 144p. Very good condition, in worn calf, backstrip chipped and worn A satire against the Jesuits, ascribed by some to G.C. Scotti and by others to M. Inchofer. With a two-page dedication to Allatius by Timotheus Cursantius, which says that Lucius Cornelius of Europe entrusted him with the manuscript of the work as he was going off to Palestine. The Monarchia describes an imaginary realm in 21 chapters, in a Tacitean style, of a people called solipsi, "only thinking of themselves". - This first edition is listed in NUC once (under the title). BL once (listed under Scotti). BN twice (under Scotti). - Graesse II, 269.

Keywords: Jesuits - Controversial Literature Inchofer, Melchior, 1585?-1648 Catholic Church - Controversial Literature Scotti, Guilio Clemente, 1602-1669


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