Apologia Pro Instituto Societatis Jesu ex Editione Secunda Gallica Latine Versa (in original binding)
Vindelicorum (Augsberg): wagner, 1765. Leather_bound. Small 8mo. in original full tree claf, hubbed spines, compartments ornately decorated in gilt, red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Unusual floral patterned endpapers tinted in yellow. Detached green narrow silk marker ribbon laid in. Two parts bound in one, 211 and 206 pp.Text in Latin. A tight copy, soem rubbing to the binding, more so at edges and tips. Contemporary "Ex Libris" notation and signature on title page. Turin-born Guiseppe Cerutti (1738-1792) was himself a Jesuit and became a professor at their college in Lyon. This work was a response to the widespread attacks on the order. Very Good. Item #E23928
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