Institvtiones Christianae, seu, Parvvs catechismvs Catholicorvm
Subtitle: praecipua Christianae pietatis capita complectens
By: primvm quidem à P. Ioanne Baptista Romano, Societatis Iesu, in rudiorum & idiotarum gratiam, iuxta SS. Concilij Tridentini decretum sess. 25. imaginibus distinctus, nunc verò aereis formis ad D. Petri Canisii, Societatis Iesu, Institutiones eleganter expressus
Contributors: Canisius, Petrus, Saint, 1521-1597; Romanus, Joannes Baptista, -1589
Publisher: Excudebat Christophorus Plantinus ... sibi & Philippo Gallaeo
Published: 1589
Place of publication: Antverpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Iconography; Cardinal virtues in art; Deadly sins in art; Ten commandments in art
Notes: Signatures: A-N8, O4 (O4 blank).

A series of 103 engravings, designed and executed by Pieter van der Borcht, representing scenes from the life of Christ, virtues and vices, the commandments, the sacraments, etc., each with a heading and a short explanatory text underneath. The work is a pictorial album intended to accompany Canisius's Parvus catechismus, and Canisius himself seems to have had nothing to do with it. Cf. The Plantin press (1555-1589) / Leon Voet. 1981. v. 2, p. 542.

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