Francisci Toleti S.R.E. Cardinalis, Institutionis Sacerdotum Libri Septem. Cum Tractatu de Septem peccatis Capitalibus, & Bullae Coenae Domini dilucida expositione, etc

Venice (Venetiis): Apud Hieronymum Polum, 1600. Soft cover. Good. Full contemporary vellum binding, remnants of paper label to spine, 7-7/8" x 6", (96), 662 pp., double column text, title page printed in red & black with woodcut vignette. Very good condition except for 1" x 0.5" chip to spine at central cord. Ownership inscription "ex libris Chrostophori Rechlinger Augustani" dated 1601, with a Latin quotation from Cicero (piety is the foundation of all virtues.) Francisco de Toledo (1532-1596) was the first Jesuit to be named a cardinal, helped revise the Vulgate, and was active in the Inquisition.