288 - 1585.

1585. BOOK. (HUMANITIES—HAGIOGRAPHY). MAFFEIO, IOANNE PETRO:. ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, WHO FOUNDED THE SOCIETY OF JESUS. Cologne: At Maternum Cholinum, 1585. Small 8vo. 12 leaves + 363 pages. Anagram of the Society of Jesus in a woodcut border, engraved initials. Top margin slightly trimmed; some handwritten notes on the endpapers. Bound in full leather, with a barely visible heraldic ex-libris, raised bands, and title label. One of the earliest biographies of the founder of the Jesuits. CCPB 936425-0; only one copy published in Venice.