1635, Jesuit Manual

Updated August 6, 2026

Lot number6
Auction1066: Rare Books & Bookworm, ONLINE-ONLY Sale
DateAugust 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Auction houseAddison & Sarova Auctioneers
LocationSocial Circle, Georgia

Estimate: 50 / 500 Claudio Acquaviva. RATIO ATQUE INSTITUTIO STUDIORUM SOCIETATIS IESU. Antwerp: Apud Joannem Meursium, 1635. 6" x 3.75". 173, 35] pp. Bound in period limp vellum. The official Ratio Studiorum ("Plan and Method of Studies") of the Jesuit order, establishing the curriculum, teaching methods, administrative organization, and educational philosophy for Jesuit colleges throughout Europe and the overseas missions. One of the most influential educational texts of the early modern period, it standardized instruction in grammar, rhetoric, philosophy, theology, and the humanities, helping shape Catholic education for centuries during the Counter-Reformation. Condition: Vellum soiled and toned, rear cover partially pulled from text-block, old institutional labels to front pastedown, moderate foxing and soiling to contents, front blank with water-stain, Good overall.

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