PHILOPATER Andreas [pseud. of Robert PARSONS, PERSONS S.J.]
Reference : R121114
(1593)
s.l. [Rome], s.n. ["Excursum"] 1593 [6bl.] + 361pp. + [9] pp. (index & errata) + [6bl.] pp., engraved vignet on title with the motto "Melior post funera vita" ("Life is better after the funeral"), ancient manuscript ex-libris on title : "Ex Libris Joannis Schrick", 15x10cm., contemporary full vellum (stained, some loss of vellum at lower ends of boards, missing ties), text and interior are clean and bright except for few occasional ancient text underlinings, text within borders, cfr. De Backer-Sommervogel VI-301-no.13, [This Catholic polemic, written in a time of great tension between protestant England and Catholic Spain, is a fierce response to an official edict issued by Queen Elizabeth I in November 1591 in which she enacted strict measures against Catholics and Jesuits in England], R121114