Copia d'una lettera
By: del padre Rodrigo di Cabredo della Compagnia di Giesu, al padre Alonso Messia procurator generale della prouincia del Perù. Scritta nella città di Lima à 29. di nouembre del M. D C V I I. Nella quale si riferisce vn miracolo, che operò Dio N[ostro] signore per intercessione del beato padre Ignatio di Loiola fondatore della medesima Compagnia di Giesu
Contributors: Messia, Alonso, 1566-1649; Godwin, Joscelyn
Publisher: Stampata in Barcelona, & ristampata in Palermo, per Gio. Antonio de' Franceschi
Published: 1609
Place of publication: [Palermo]
Language: ita
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Miracles; Jesuits
Other titles: Copia d'vna lettera.
Notes: No Barcelona imprint can be traced. Backer Sommervogel does not list a Barcelona imprint for this work. But two works are cited by Backer Sommervogel which resemble the titles: "Historia insignis miraculi, quod Deus invocatione S. Ignatii patriarchae nostri patravir Limae die novembros anno 1607 in religioso quodam ex Ordine S. Dominici" which was printed in Graz in 1609, "Rodrigo ce Cabredo. Historia del insigne milagro que hiço Dios en la ciudad de Lima, por la invocacion de S. Ignacio de Loyola, a 8 de noviembre de 1607 en una religiosa Dominicana" printed in Rome, 1609, and "Exemplvm literarvm Limani colegij rectoris as patrem provinciale," which was included in "Litterae annuae Societatis Jesu anni 1606, 1607 et 1608" on p. 164-167, printed in Mainz, 1618.

According to Backer Sommervogel, the name of the Dominican referenced in the title is Alvaro de Molina.

An account of a miracle in the Jesuit house in Lima because of the intercession of Saint Ignatius Loyola.

Signatures: A⁸ (A1 verso blank)

Woodcut IHS vignette on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.

Cf. Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, II: col. 496, no. 2.

Cf. Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, II: col. 496, no. 3.

Purchase; 2017; 18-151.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in stiff modern marbled boards; all leaves are tipped onto stubs.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the St. Mariana Fund.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Joscelyn Godwin; bookplate on inside of front board.