< Back

An ounce of peace is better than a pound of victory

BELLARMINE (BELLARMINO), Robert.
De Arte Bene Moriendi, Libri Duo.

With small woodcut vignet on title.

With small woodcut vignet on title.



Venetiis, Apud Joannem Tiberninum, 1746. 12mo. Contemp. vellum, with red title-label. With small woodcut vignet on title. 216 pp.

Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino (Robert Bellarmine), an Italian Jesuit (1542-1621), was a learned and pious men of great reputation with catholics and protestants alike. He had been professor at Louvain from 1569 till 1576. Then he returned to Italy where he became a Cardinal in 1598. He a.o. sat on the committee who had condemned Galilei's theses, but when Galilei was much troubled by the fact that everybody thought he was under some severe penitence, he wrote him a certificate stating that Galilei was under no penitence whatsoever, but only had signed a declaration that his theses were in contradiction with the words of the Scripture. One of his famous sayings was 'an ounce of peace is better than a pound of victory'. The present work on 'the art of dying well' was very popular and was republished for centuries.

Fine copy.

Related Subjects: Italy  Jesuits  Religion 

Add to Shopping cart
€ 400,00

Prices in EUROS (€), shipping and BTW/VAT extra.

< Back

Terms of sale

All items are offered subject to prior sale. Prices are nett and in (€) EURO. VAT/BTW, postage, and insurance are not included. 

Free shipping for orders over € 2,500.  EU customers: if applicable, please quote your VAT number when placing orders.

Preferred mode of payment: by credit card through our secure online payment service, which is facilitated by Ogone. If you wish to make other arrangements, please contact us. Terms of sale

E-mail this to a friend







This is a captcha-picture. It is used to prevent mass-access by robots. (see: www.captcha.net)

Type the characters that you see in the box (5 characters). The code can include characters 0..9 and A..F.*

  


Antiquariaat FORUM B.V.
Tuurdijk 16
3997 MS t Goy-Houten,
The Netherlands
Phone: (+31) (0)30 601 1955
Fax: (+31) (0)30 601 1813
E-mail: info@forumrarebooks.com
Web: http://www.forumrarebooks.com