Constructing Saint Images 1609 (11 results)

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on front endpage.

Condition: acceptable. USED book in ACCEPTABLE condition. Cover and pages are in tact but may show creases, tears, water damage, handwriting, underlining, or highlighting. May be missing dust jacket. Supplemental items such as access codes and CDs not guaranteed.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: very_good.

Very good in lightly edgeworn dust jacket Hardcover Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 1st printing; d in mylar; maroon c w/gilt spine titles; clean, unmarked pages; 36 pages+ 3 figs. (one in color) + 79 b/w plates reproducing the original edition, with Latin captions translated on opposite pages. b/w Engravings (illustrator). SIGNED & Insc Authorr.…

red faux leather "leatherette" hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. 1cm tear front top, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (NAP) of this facsimile reprint edition. vii+36p+(164)p. glossy pages throughout. 84 glossy illustrations of which 2 are full color. facsimile reprint of the 1609 latin illustrated edition with english translation on same page. notes. chronology. bibliography (further reading). biography. religion. history of christianity. theology. ~ Constructing a Saint Through Images is a facsimile reproduction of the illustrated life of Ignatius of Loyola, Vita beati patris Ignatii Loiolae, published in Rome in 1609 to celebrate his beatification that year by Pope Paul V. The Vita consisted of eighty~one copperplate engravings and was the most elaborate such life produced up to that time. The engraver was Jean~Baptiste Barbe, who enlisted the young Peter Paul Rubens to contribute drawings for the project. The Vita is important for several reasons ~ the occasion for which it was produced, the influence it had on subsequent Jesuit iconography, the place it held in the Jesuits' campaign for Ignatius' canonization, the role Rubens almost certainly played in its production, and especially for the number and exquisite quality of the engravings. Saint Joseph's University Press has produced this facsimile edition in honor of the 400th anniversary of the original publication.John W. O'Malley wrote the introduction to the volume, and James P. M. Walsh translated the Latin captions.…

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Condition: Very Good. Appears to be unread. Light shelfwear to extremities of dustjacket, otherwise fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 36 pages. 8.50x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.