‎SACCHINUS Franciscus - ( Francesco SACCHINI ) :‎
‎Historiæ Societatis Jesu pars tertia sive Borgia. Auctore Francisco Sacchino Societatis eiusdem sacerdote.‎

‎ Roma, Typis Manelsi Manelsii, 1649, in-folio, (4) nn pp + 432 pp + (40) nn pp (index + errata) , bound in contemporary full calf, extensively blindtooled, raised gilt back, binding a bit worn but technically sound with attractive covers. Label on spine indicates Tom. III. Francesco Sacchini ( Paciano - Perugia 1570 - Roma 1625) compiled a chronological study on the history of the Jesuit Order in five parts (Pars Prima - Pars Quinta). The Pars Prima was first published in Rome in 1614, the Pars Secunda in Antwerp in 1620. We offer here the '' Pars Tertio '' in first edition, published in 1649, with a preface dated 1622. This third part 1565 -1572 covers exactly the period during which Borgia ( Borja) was the Society's third general. Borgia , great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI , is considered the second founder of the Jesuit Order. He was a close friend and adviser to Ignatius of Loyola. Under his generalship missions in Florida , New Spain and Peru were established. The volume is fully indexed..‎

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