‎RIBADEYNERA ( Ribadeneira ) Pedro - Andreas SCHOTT ( translator - editor ) :‎
‎"Vita Francisci Borgiae Tertij Societatis Iesu Generalis A P. Ribadeneira Hispanice scripta; Latine vero ab And. Schotto Antverp. utroque eiusdem Societate Sacerdote. Accesserunt nunc primum pia Opuscula Francisci Borgiae."‎

‎" Antverpiae, (Antwerpen), Typographeio Ioach. Trognaesij, 1598, format in-8°, (16) nn pp ( with copper engraved title vignet and full page copper engraved portrait of Borgia ) + 462 pp + (2)nn pp (privilegium) (complete). Bound in a contemporary German (Swiss) binding of alum-tawed pigskin over beech boards, with Spes panel-stamp and roll decoration. Hinged solid brass clasps (in functioning order).Front panel ''Impetrat alma fidescri / Sto. Quam Dante Salute : / M. Expectare soror Spes''. Back panel ''Veritas Deterraortaes / Tueritas Deterraortae .''. Edges painted red. Back cover with some tiny perpendicula wormholes, affecting the blank margin of just 1 printed leaf (the last one). The impression of the panel on back cover a bit faded. Further condition of the binding is superb, very attractive and the front cover in near perfect state of preservation. With the dated (1599 ) manuscript ex-libris on the title page of the Cistercian Abbey of Saint Urban in Pfaffnau (near Luzern, Switserland). Tipped on to the inside of the front cover: a large woodcut ex-libris of Ulrich abbott of Sankt Urban. This could be either Ulrich Amstein (1588 - 1627) or Ulrich Glutz-Ruchti (1687 - 1701). The author Pedro de Ribadeneira was one of the first jesuits to follow the founder Ignatius of Loyola of whom he wrote the first biography. He was also involved in the foundation of the Jesuit order in the Southern Netherlands. He resided in Antwerp during longer periods. The Borgia biography was first published in Spanish (Madrid 1592). This translation into Latin by the Antwerp jesuit Schott contains also another work by Ribadaneire: his Pia Opuscula. The translator Schott must have met Ribadaneira at the university of Gandia (Valencia) where he teached theology during several years. This edition is rare and unknown to De Backer-Sommervogel. Belgica Typographica 6635. The finely preserved binding,can be assigned; thanks to the datable manuscript ex-libris , to a binder working for ; or a bookdealer selling to the Pfaffnau abbey ; or a binder working for the second abott Ulrichj (after 1687)..."‎

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