1636 Rare Latin Vellum Book set - Meditations of the Venerable Father Ludovico Da Ponte
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Author : Ponte, Ludovico de [Luis de la Puente].
Title : Meditationes de praecipuis fidei nostrae mysteriis, vitae ac passionis d.n. Iesu Christi,et b. v. Mariae sanctorumque, et evangeliorum toto occurrentium, cum orationes mentalis circa eadem praxi Ludovico de Ponte . Interprete R.P. Melchiore Trevinnio . (Complete 2 volumes of Meditations of the Venerable Father Ludovico Da Ponte).
Language : Text in Latin
Publisher : Coloniae, Agrippinae, Ioannes Kinchius, 1639. (Complete set of 6 parts in 2 books).
Size : 8 " X 6 "
Pages :148, 687, 52, 295, 232, 331 pages
Binding : Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall worn, soiled and scuffed) under a removable protective mylar cover .
Content : Good content (tight, foxing and staining throughout, tanning of pages, ink stamps on previous owner on title pages - as shown).
The book : Rare 17th century complete edition of Luis de la Puente Meditations.
The author : Venerable Luis de la Puente (11 November 1554 – 16 February 1624) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and ascetic writer. A few years after his death, the Sacred Congregation of Rites admitted the cause of his beatification and canonization. Puente was born in Valladolid. Having entered the Society of Jesus, he studied under Francisco Suarez, and professed philosophy at Salamanca. He was forced by bad health to retire from duties, and took up writing. Ordained priest in 1580, he became the spiritual director of Marina de Escobar, in which office he continued till his death. In 1599 he devoted himself to the care of the plague-stricken in Villagarcia. He died in Valladolid.