Litteræ apostolicæ qvibvs institvtio, confirmatio, et varia priuilegia continentur Societatis Iesv
Contributors: Meurs, Johannes van, 1579-1639, printer; Jesuit Probation Residence of Champagne (France : Province); Bibliothèque des Fontaines
Series: [Institutum Societatis Jesu -- 1]; Institutum -- 1.
Publisher: Apud Ioannem Mevrsivm
Published: 1635
Place of publication: Antverpiæ
Language: lat
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Papal documents; Jesuits
Other titles: Litterae apostolicae quibus institutio, confirmatio, et varia priuilegia continentur Societatis Iesu
Notes: Vol. 1 of the first complete edition of the rules, decrees, constitution, etc. of the Jesuits, called by Backer-Sommervogel the "Corpus Institutorum S. Iesu" and by New Catholic Encyclopedia as the "Institutum."

This genuine edition is identified by the spelling "Ioannem Mevrsivm" (with initial I and medial v's) in the publisher statement.

Signatures: A-2B⁸ 2C².

Title vignette (printer's device of van Meurs, consisting of a clasped book flanked by two angels and surmounted by a bust of Ignatius, motto below reads "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam."); initials; printed marginalia.

Includes index.

Backer-Sommervogle, V, col. 81

Burns Library copy: booklabel at head of front pastedown: "Dom. Prob. Prov. Campaniae."

Burns Library copy: armorial bookplate on front pastedown: "Ex Libris Alexandri Petavii in Francorum Curia Consiliarii Pauli filii."

Burns Library copy: ink stamp on recto front flyleaf: "Domus Probationis Provincæ Campaniæ, Bibliotheca Domus."