1627 ✝️ Viridarium Christian Virtues Latin Jesuit Vellum Binding
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1627 ✝️ Viridarium Christian Virtues Latin Jesuit Vellum Binding. 1627 Latin edition of Joannes Busaeus,Viridarium Christianarum Virtutum, printed at Lyon by Jacob Cardon and Pierre Cavellat. Title: Viridarium Christianarum Virtutum. Date: 1627. The title may be translated as A Garden of Christian Virtues. 1627 Latin edition of Joannes Busaeus, Viridarium Christianarum Virtutum , printed at Lyon by Jacob Cardon and Pierre Cavellat. The title may be translated as A Garden of Christian Virtues. It is a Jesuit devotional and moral-theological compilation drawing on Scripture and the Fathers, arranged for Christian instruction and religious meditation. The title page also notes an added work on virtues and vices attributed to Albertus Magnus and edited from the Fathers by Henricus Sommalius, S.J. Several internal section titles and decorative woodcut ornaments are visible in the photos. Bibliographic details: Title: Viridarium Christianarum Virtutum Author: Joannes / Johannes Busaeus, S.J. Place: Lugduni / Lyon Publisher: Sumptibus Jacobi Cardon & Petri Cavellat Date: 1627 Language: Latin Binding: limp vellum / parchment Size: approximately 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.25 inches Provenance: the title page bears a contemporary or early manuscript ownership inscription, partly legible as "Ex libris Stephani de ..." or similar. The vellum spine also has an old manuscript title, now rubbed and partly faded. Condition: Good antique condition overall, with the expected wear of a small 17th-century vellum devotional book. Limp vellum binding is intact, with rubbing, staining, wrinkles, edge wear, corner wear, and small losses or curling at the extremities. Spine title is faded and difficult to read. Text block is thick and generally sound. Pages show toning, scattered stains, handling wear, some edge/corner wear, and occasional small tears or worm tracks visible in the photos. Title page has a manuscript ownership note and some lower staining. An attractive early Lyon Jesuit devotional work in original-style limp vellum, with manuscript ownership and strong 17th-century collector appeal. All books we sell are original copies, we do not sell reproductions. Free shipping, free no questions asked 30 day returns (within USA), eBay Global Shipping Program to other countries.
