Secreta Monita; ou Advis Secrets de la Societe de Jesus

Paderborne: s.i., 1661. Very Good. Paderborne: n.p., 1661. 12mo (16cm.); contemporary mottled roan, elaborately gilt-tooled spine with black gilt spine label, all edges stained red, violet papier-peint floral-patterned endpapers; 191pp. (collated complete). Leather a bit scuffed with brief exposure at corners, impressive worm-hole to upper cover, 20th-century ownership rubberstamp of the Furstlich-Starhemberg'sche Families Bibliothek to front flyleaf, else a Very Good, fresh and sound copy.

Later edition, possibly a false imprint, of this guide to the secrets of the Jesuits attributed to ex-Jesuit Hieronim Zahorowski. The bilingual text is arranged by numbered points regarding the Society, Latin on the left, French on the facing right. (Inventory #: 32236)