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Vita del P. Ignatio Loiola fondatore della religione della Compagnia di Giesu.

Ribadeneyra, Pedro de, 1527-1611 · 1586 · In Venetia : Appresso I Gioliti. · 29 pictures

A 1586 Italian biography of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, printed in Venice by the Giolito press for a devotional readership. The pictures are repeated decorative headpiece and tailpiece bands of scrolling foliage, grotesque figures, masks and urns, with a row of printed letters below, offering a source for classical ornamental border and strapwork designs.

Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556

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