Epistolae praepositorum generalium ad patres et fratres Societatis Jesu
Contributors: Meurs, Johannes van, 1579-1639, bibliographic antecedent; Elzevir, Daniel, 1626-1680, printer; Schipper, Jan Jacobsz, forger; Bibliothèque des Fontaines
Series: [Institutum Societatis Jesu -- 15]; Institutum -- 15.
Publisher: Apud Joannem Meursium
Published: 1635
Place of publication: Antverpiæ
Language: lat
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: History; Correspondence; Jesuits
Notes: A forgery of the 1635, Jan van Meurs copy, which in its entirety of 16 volumes comprised the first complete edition of the rules, decrees, constitution, etc. of the Society of Jesus. This work was called the "Institutum Societatis Jesu."

Ca. 1650 pirated edition by Jan Schipper of Amsterdam; identified by the printer's name printed as 'Joannem Meursium' as opposed to the 'Ioannem Mevrsivm' of the original. Cf. Miert, L. van. 'Een onopgemerkte Elzevierdruk?' Het boek (1923), p. 131-138).

Printed for Schipper by Daniel and Louis III Elzevier, Amsterdam.

Signatures: A-2E⁸ 2F⁴.

Title vignette (counterfeit of Meurs' device, consisting of a clasped book flanked by two angels and surmounted by a bust of Ignatius, motto below reads "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam."); initial.

Index generalis in omnes libros Instituti Societatis Iesu. Antverpiæ : Apud Ioannem Mevrsivm, 1635 [i.e. Amsterdam : Jan Schipper, ca. 1650]. [Institutum ; 16].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Backer-Sommervogel V, 81 (Variant)

Miert, L. van. "Een onopgemerkte Elzevierdruk?," in Het boek, (1923), p. 131-138