Author: SCRIBANI Carolus (1561 - 1629) - ( Scribani ) :
Title: Institutio Politico-Christiana.
Description: .: 11. Antverpiae (Antwerpen), apud Martinum Nutium, 1624, in-4°, 25.5 x 17 cm, engraved title page (Corn. Galle, designed by Rubens) + xxii nn + 631 + 27 nn pp, indexes, full overlapping vellum, traces of ties, small damage at upper right corner of binding, loss of paper at title-page expertly restored,some loss at the lower right margin of the plate, but really unobtrusive (still a fine copy). Scribanus, a jesuit, lived from 1561 to 1629. He played an important role in Antwerp, where he was dean of the Jesuit college and contributed to the building of the Jesuit church. This political treatise of which the second part is titled '' De Principe'' can be considered as the counter-reformationary answer to Calvin's ''Institutio christianae religionis'' and also Machiavelli's ''Il Principe''. The book is dedicated to King Philip IV of Spain. Apart from general ideas on the (catholic) principles which ought to govern the actions of the head of state it gives also elaborate advice on practical matters such as education, friendship and contact with women. See De Backer-Sommervogel volume VII pp. 987 item 18, and also L. Brouwers; ''Caroli Scribani'' pp. 419-447. .

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