Ritratti de' prepositi generali della Compagnia di Gesù /
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| Language: | Latin Italian |
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A spese di Venanzio Monaldini mercante-libraro al Corso,
1748.
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| Item Description: | Added t.p. in Latin, which reads: Imagines praepositorum generalium Societatis Jesu, delineatae, & aereis formis expressae ab Arnoldo van Westerhout, addita perbrevi uniuscujusque vitae descriptione a P. Nicolao Galeotti, sacerdote ejusdem Societatis. Romae, MDCCXLVIII. Sumptibus Venantii Monaldini, bibliopolae in Via Lata, ex typographia Bernabò, et Lazzarini. Added engraved t.p. in Latin, with Jesuit device (Bodart 194, 2nd state). "Con licenza de' superiori." Originally published without letterpress, with engraved t.p.: Imagines praepositorum generalium Societatis Iesu / delineatae et exculptae ab Arnoldo van Westerhout. Romae : Typis Hieronymi Mainardi, anno 1731. Cf. Bodart 194, 1st state. Full-paged engraved ports. of the first 15 superior generals of the Jesuits: St. Ignatius Loyola, Diego Laínez, St. Francisco de Borja, Everard Mercurian, Claudio Aquaviva, Muzio Vitelleschi, Vincenzo Carrafa, Francesco Piccolomini, Alessandro Gottifredi, Goswin Nickel, Giovanni Paolo Oliva, Charles de Noyelle, Tirso González, Michelangelo Tamburini, Franz Retz. The first 14 portraits are engraved by Westerhout, the 15th is engraved by Westerhout's pupil Jakob Frey after Pietro Nelli. The 14th is signed: Antonius Odatij Romanus pinx., Arnoldus van Westerhout sculp. -- Monaldini's woodcut Pegasus device on title pages, with motto "Perennitas laudis"; 2 historiated initials; type flower tailpieces. Signatures: pi-2pi² A-Q² ($1 unsigned, $2 signed). Title pages printed in red and black; title and text enclosed within double rule border. HC copy 1 contains 3 additional portraits from later editions (Ignazio Visconti, elected 1751; Luigi Centurioni, elected 1755; Lorenzo Ricci, elected 1758), with corresponding letterpress. These were engraved by G.A. Faldoni; last 2 are signed respectively "I.A. Faldoni sculp." and "I. Steinner [sic] pinx., I.A.F." Printed on leaves signed R-T². Cf. Backer-Sommervogel. Dedication to Ridolfo Acquaviva d'Aragona, duca d'Atri, signed by Monaldini: leaves [3-4] (Latin and Italian). |
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| Physical Description: | [36] leaves : 1 ill., 15 ports. ; 44 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Place of Publication: | Italy -- Rome. |