The life of St. Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus
By: Written in French by Dominick Bouhours of the same Society. Translated into English by a person of quality. Published by His Majesty's command
Contributors: Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643; Dryden, John, 1631-1700; Hills, Henry, -1689?, printer; Boston College High School
Publisher: Printed by Henry Hills, printer to the King's most excellent Majesty, for his houshold and chappel
Published: 1686
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Work titles: Vie de Saint Ignace, fondateur de la Compagnie de J©♭sus
Notes: Translation of: La vie de Saint Ignace, fondateur de la Compagnie de J©♭sus.

Translated by John Dryden. Cf. Macdonald, H. Dryden, 151.

Collation: 8vo: Aþ́ B-2Cı́ [$4 (-A1, A3, A4, 34) signed]; 204 leaves: p. [1] [blank] [6] 1-384, 395-403 [7] (misprinting 368 as 668).

"The letter of Lewis the thirteenth, King of France, and of Navarre, to Pope Gregory the fifteenth" dated 14th of February 1621: p. [404]-[407].

"A Catalogue of books printed for Henry Hills": p. [5]-[7] at end.

Backer-Sommervogel, I, 1904

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) B3826

Clancy, T.H. Engl. Catholic books, 133

Macdonald, H. Dryden, 151

Burns Library copy: stamp on t.p.: "Boston College High School. Domestic Library."

Burns Library copy 1 imperfect: frontispiece portrait wanting. This copy bound in comtemporary calf with a modern spine.

Burns Library copy: rebound in dark brown leather; binder's title: "The life of St. Ignatius. Dominick Bouhours. London 1686."