Becano, Martino. Compendivm Manvalis Controversiarvm hvivs Temporis de fide ac religione. Duaci [Douai, Netherlands]: Ex officina typogr. Baltazaris Belleri, sub Circino aureo, 1626. [11693]
Full vellum, printed title & paper label to spine, lacks the tie closures. 10.6 x 5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/8 inches), end papers with neat notations, round institutional emboss stamp on the tp & one leaf. 460, [16]. 460 pages of text with 16 unnumbered pages of Index. Collated and complete, text in good or better condition. Very good. Hardcover.
“A Compendium of the Manuscripts of the Controversies of the Times concerning Faith and Religion.”
An early printing of this significant defense of the Roman Church, published at Douai.
Martinus Becanus (1563-1624), b. Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands; d. Vienna. After receiving his degree in philosophy at the Jesuit College in Cologne, he in 1583 entered the Society of Jesus. He taught philosophy and theology in various colleges in present-day Germany and Austria. At the time of his death he was the confessor to Emperor Ferdinand II. Becanus was a chief controversialist and polemical writer in defense of the Roman Church against the Protestants of Europe. The Manuale offered here was first published at Wurzburg (1623) and went through over 20 editions.
