Author: JESUITS - Institutum Societatis Jesu : Title: Institutum Societatis Jesu, Auctoritate Congregationis Generalis XVIII. meliorem in ordinem digestum, auctum, et recusum. Volumen Primen (et Secundum).
Description: .: 11. Pragae, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S.Clementem, 1757, 2 vols in-folio, 28,5 x 20 cm, (4) +790pp ; (4) + 472 pp + (87)(index) with woodcut & copper engraved vignets (Klauber), uniform old vellum with gilt title on back, marbled edges. In vol. I have been added; a 19th century addition (inserted between pp.697-698) pp 1-68 (numbered 697*-764*) and at the end of the volume (30)pp with ''Decreta Congregationes Generalis Vigesimae Secundae a Restituta Societate Tertiae (1853)'' and ''.auctigesimae Tertiae (1883)''. Nice set of the internal rules of the Jesuit-Order kept up to date during the 19th century by the Jesuits of the Collegium St. Barbara (Ghent), with their ex-libris. These guidelines, for internal use only, are rare and printed in small editions only. This Prague edition divised a classification of rules which subsequently became the generally accepted structure. (De Backer-Sommervogel Tome V col. 82-83). .
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