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<dl><dd>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."</dd>
<dd>This genuine edition is identified by the spelling "Ioannem Mevrsivm" (with initial I and medial v's) in the publisher statement</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-2B⁸ 2C²</dd>
<dd>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</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Backer-Sommervogle</dd>
<dd>Burns Library copy: booklabel at head of front pastedown: "Dom. Prob. Prov. Campaniae."</dd>
<dd>Burns Library copy: armorial bookplate on front pastedown: "Ex Libris Alexandri Petavii in Francorum Curia Consiliarii Pauli filii."</dd>
<dd>Burns Library copy: ink stamp on recto front flyleaf: "Domus Probationis Provincæ Campaniæ, Bibliotheca Domus."</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Jesuits</div>
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<dl><dd>Catholic Church. Pope</dd>
<dd>Meurs, Johannes van, 1579-1639, printer</dd>
<dd>Jesuit Probation Residence of Champagne (France : Province), former owner. MChB-B</dd>
<dd>Bibliothèque des Fontaines, former owner. MChB-B</dd></dl></div>
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