Opvs catechisticvm, sive, svmma doctrinae Christianae
By: D. Petri Canisii theologi Societatis Iesv, praeclaris Divinae Scriptvrae testimoniis, solidisq́ue sanctorum Patrum sententijs, vt nunquàm anteà, sedulò illustrata auctu, & explicata, quemadmodùm ex proxima praefatione constabit. ... Cum duplici indice, locorum nempe Scripturae sacrae, quae hoc opere explicantur, & rerum atque sententiarum.
Contributors: Buys, Pieter, ca. 1540-1587.; Quentel, Arnold, printer.; Hallo, Bartholomeus, former owner,; Jesuit Residence of Jersey (Channel Islands),; Jesuit Residence of Laval (Mayenne, France),; Jesuit Residence of Tours (France),; Bibliothèque des Fontaines.
Edition: Editio Quarta, qvae alias omnes multis partibus excellit, etque copiosior ac limatior, vt reipsa lector comperiet.
Publisher: Apud Arnoldum Quentelium
Published: 1606
Place of publication: Coloniae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 965
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Catechisms. -- Latin -- Early works to 1800.; Catholic Church -- Doctrines. -- Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Opus catechisticum, sive, Summa doctrinae Christianae; Svmma doctrinae Christianae; Summa doctrinae Christianae; Summa doctrinae
Work titles: Summa doctrinae Christianae (Buys version).
Notes: Collation: fol.: a⁴ b⁶ c-d⁴ A-4R⁶ [$4 (-a1, a4, c4, d4, A4, B4) signed (missigning 4A3 as 4A2)]; 534 leaves: p. [36] 1-965 [67] (misprinting 186 as 168).

Oval portrait of Christ on t.p. (printers' mark); initials.

Originally published 1555 with title Svmma doctrinae Christianae; published with additions by Pieter Buys in 1569-70 with title Avthoritatvm Sacrae Scriptvrae ... pars prima [-qvarta].

Includes index.

Backer-Sommervogel, II, 441

Bibliothèque des Fontaines, purchase

Burns Library copy: in manuscript on t.p.: "Ex libris Collegii Regii Turonensis Soc. Jesu. An. 1719. Ex dono P. Deliniere S.J."; "Bartholomeus Hallo."

Burns Library copy: paper label on front pastedown: "Bib. Dom. Laval. S.J."

Burns Library copy: stamp on t.p.: "Dom. S. Aloys. Jerseiens. S.J."

Burns Library copy: half bound in leather on paper boards

Burns Library copy: lacking leaves 4R3.4R4 and 4R6

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