1666 Essercitio di perfettione Alonso Rodriguez Society of Jesus Asceticism Essercitio di perfettione, e di virtù christiane, composto dal rev. Padre Alfonso Rodriguez sacerdote della Compagnia di Giesù. Diviso in tre parti . e tradotto dalla lingua Spagnola nell’Italiana, dal segretario Tiberio Putignano
(Ejercicio de perfección y virtudes cristianas) – Translated from Spanish to Italian language. Three volumes in one
By Alonso Rodriguez
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Rare Italian translation of influential theological work “Ejercicio de perfección y virtudes cristianas”, firstly published in Seville, 1609. This work is based on the material which he collected for his spiritual exhortations to his brethren, and published at the request of his superiors. Although the book thus written was primarily intended for the use of his religious brethren, yet he destined it also for the profit and edification of other religious and of laymen in the world. Of set purpose it avoids the loftier flights of mysticism and all abstruse speculation. It is a book of practical instructions on all the virtues which go to make up the perfect Christian life, whether lived in the cloister or in the world. It became popular at once, and remained in use till the era of Vatican II by all classes of Christians, particularly by those who had entered Religious life. More than twenty-five editions of the original Spanish have been issued, besides extracts and abridgements.
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Venice, Michiel Miloco, 1776.
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Size: 22 cm x 17,5 cm
Volume 1 Pp.: 626 (323 pages) + /62/ (31 pages) Volume 2 Pp.: /10/ (5 pages) + 618 (309 pages) + /38/ (19 pages) Volume 3 Pp.: /10/ (5 pages) + 498 (249 pages) + /30/ (15 pages)
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Binding: Original vellum binding with gilted title on the spine cover. Panels stained and slightly damaged (inscription on the front cover), some signs of wear along the edges.
Condition: Handwritten ex libris on the flyleaf, title page slightly stained, minor foxing on some of the pages.
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