Recta intentio Omnium humanarum actionum amussis
by DREXEL, Jeremias
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Monachii [i.e. Munich]: Formis Cornelii Leysserii, 1628. [26], 625pp, [1]. With an engraved title-page and two engraved plates. Partially uncut in contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities discoloured and a trifle rubbed and marked. Nineteenth-century ink ownership inscription to FFEP, light browning to title-page, offsetting from plates, very occasional slight marginal water-staining, lightly foxed. A treatise on Christian ethics by Jesuit writer of devotional literature Jeremias Drexel (1581-1638) who served as court preacher to Elector of Bavaria Maximilian I - to whom this work is dedicated. First printed in 1626, the work is considered a prelude to Heliotropium (1627), arguably Drexel's most influential work. . Editio tertia [i.e. third edition]. 24mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ15537
- Title
- Recta intentio Omnium humanarum actionum amussis
- Author
- DREXEL, Jeremias
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Editio tertia [i.e. third edition]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Formis Cornelii Leysserii
- Place of Publication
- Monachii [i.e. Munich]
- Date Published
- 1628
- Keywords
- Christianity, Religion
- Size
- 24mo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...