First Edition of Bartoli's Dell' Historia Della Compagnia di Giesu L' Asia. Parte Prima, with Four Additional 17th-Century Books Related to the Society of Jesus

[history] Daniel Bartoli. DELL' HISTORIA DELLA COMPAGNIA DI GIESU L'ASIA. PARTE PRIMA. Rome: Nella Stamperia d'Ignatio de' Lazzeri, 1653. First edition. Stiff vellum with modern ties, manuscript and raised bands on spine. Foilo; [6], 904, [8]pp. With engraved frontispiece after title page, index, printed marginalia, ornaments, and decorated initials. De Backer-Sommervogel 1/970. (Vellum with edgewear, staining, and mild discoloration, repair at head of spine, lacking headband; separation from textblock starting, cracking at hinges; occasional wormhole concentrated at hinges, pages lightly toned with scattered foxing, occasional small stain or light grime; frequent damp staining; one leaf with long tear, (2) with inexpert repairs, one with significant loss to lower margin.)

lot also includes:

[religious] REGULAE SOCIETATIS JESU. Rome: In Collegio Rom., 1607. Bound together in one volume with RATIO ATQUE INSTITUTIO STUDIORUM SOCIETATIS JESU. Rome: In Collegio Rom., 1606. Vellum, manuscript title on spine. 8vo; [48], 296, [8]; [8], 169, 31pp. Both with woodcut architectural frame title pages, woodcut initials, head-pieces, and ornaments, with printed marginalia. Roman type; text in Latin., USTC 4033963.(Vellum with staining and small area of residue, slight separation from textblock and some wear at head and tail bands; staining, foxing and light wear at endpapers, title page for first book with slight fraying, pages with light to moderate toning and scattered foxing, occasional staining and residue with heaviest toning and residue at final index; most pages quite bright and crisp; very good.)

[drama] Pierre Musson. TRAGOEDIAE SEV DIVERSARUM GENTIUM ET IMPERIORUM MAGNI PRINCIPES. La Flèche, France: Apud Georgium Griueau, 1621. Vellum, faint manuscript title on spine. 8vo; [2], 402. Italic type; text in Latin. With engraved frontispiece, errata, Society of Jesus device on title, woodcut initials, head-pieces, and ornaments. De Backer-Sommervogel, 5/1473; USTC 6804590. (Expected light wear to vellum; endpapers with small stamp, faint manuscript on title page; interior lightly toned with occasional fraying and grime, minimal foxing, with damp staining, soiling, and small wormholes beginning at quire T; S8v with last line pasted down, pages overall bright and clean.)

[biography] Pedro de Ribadeneyra; Gio Battista Bidelli, trans. VITA DEL P. S. IGNATIO LOIOLA FONDATORE DELLA RELIGIONE DELLA COMPAGNIA DE GIESÙ. Bound together in one volume with BREVE RELATIONE DELLA VITA, MIRACOLI, ET CANONIZATIONE DELLA GLORIOSA VERG. S. TERESA DI GIESÙ FONDATRICE DE' CARMELITANI SCALZI. Milan: Per Gio. Battista Bidelli, 1622. Vellum, with faint manusctipt on spine. 8vo; [4], 113, [2]; 43, [1]pp. Roman type; text in Italian. With printed marginalia, Society of Jesus device on both title pages, head-pieces and decorated initials. (Typical light wear to vellum with minor cracking at edges, lower board with separation from textblock, rear paste-down with tear; pages with foxing, occasional minor fraying, or small stain, overall quite clean; second book with light damp staining.)

[learning and letters]. Daniel Bartoli. DELL' HUOMO DI LETTERE DIFESO ET EMENDATO PARTI DUE. Rome: per gli Heredi di Francesco Corbelleti, 1645. First edition. Vellum with yapp edges, manuscript on spine. 8vo; [14], 227 (i.e. 427), [13]. Roman type with italic; text in Italian. With half-title, Society of Jesus device, index, head-pieces, ornaments, and decorated initials. De Backer-Sommervogel 1/965-966. (Vellum with typical light wear, some cracking at edges, one corner chipped, several small wormholes, cracking starting at joints, later ink at tail of spine; small amount of worming at hinges, wear and stickers at paste-downs, stamp on title and half-title, occasional manuscript, pages with light to moderate toning, scattered foxing, occasional fraying, occasional small stain or area of damp staining.)
Largest 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.; smallest 6 3/8 x 4 3/8 in.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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