| Record ID | cp013199 |
| Voet reference number | 897A |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:1077876 |
| Author | Petrus CANISIUS |
| Title page transcription | SVMMA ‖ DOCTRINÆ ‖ CHRISTIANÆ PER ‖ QVAESTIONES LVCVLEN- ‖ TER CONSCRIPTA, ‖ Nunc demum recognita & locupletata, auctore ‖ D. Petro Canisio Societatis IESV Theologo, ‖ vt ex eius noua Præfatione constabit. ‖ Accessit huic recognitioni auctoritas, decretum & priuile- ‖ gium Ferdinandi Imp. & Philippi Regis Hisp. ‖ ⊕ 18 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ M.D.LXVI. ‖ CVM PRIVILEGIO. |
| Collation | 16mo [89]: A-Y⁸; pages [1-16], [1-7], 8-230 (= for 330), [331-352] (Errors: 17-32 omitted, meaning that from page 33 numeration too low by 16 units, 32 for 43, 113 for 114, 114 for 115, 125 for 135, 158 for 185, 163 for 263, 174 for 274, 186 for 286, 394 for 294, 230 for 330) |
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| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Privilege (Brussels, 11 May 1566, signed by I. de Witte) [3-9]: Philippo II Hispaniarum regi catholico…(Antwerp, 12 June 1566, s. C. Plantinus) [10-14]: Ad senatum populumque Coloniensem Petri Canisii theol. praefatio (Cologne, 6 January 1566; lines in italic type) [15-16] [1-3]: Exemplum edicti Caesarei simul operis huius editi, et nunc postremo recogniti rationem complectens (Vienna, 10 December 1560; italic type) [3-5]: Exemplum edicti regis Philippi de hoc unico legendo catechismo (Brussels, 16 December 1557, s. D'overlope; italic type) [6]: Exhortation to read the book [7]-302: Text (italic type, parts and marginals in roman type) 303-304: Table (parts in italic type) 305-306: Carmen de praecipuis huius catechismi partibus in gratiam studiosorum adiectum (italic type, parts in roman type) 307-230 (= for 330): Appendix de hominis lapsu et iustificatione secundum sententiam et doctrinam Concilii Tridentini (italic type, parts and marginals in roman type) [331-351]: Index (on two columns); italic type) [352]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Woodcut, 55 × 55, on page 186, representing Christ on the Cross, with Maria and Joannes. Monogram of the woodcutter Gerard Janssen van Kampen |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 232Ruusbroec Institute LibraryKU Leuven LibrariesUniversity Library Freiburg |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 89 (1569, no. 5) Backer-Sommervogel [S.J.], II, column 623 Bib. catholica Neerlandica impressa, no. 3028. |
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| Note 1 | The most famous work of Canisius, being the Catholic counterpart of Luther's Catechismus. |
| Note 2 | The first edition was published (without the name of the author) at Vienna, 1555. It immediately became a best-seller and was often reprinted (e.g. Louvain: 1556, 1558, 1560, 1561; Antwerp: 1558, 1560, 1561, 1562, 1565). |
| Note 3 | All these editions were published without the consent of the author. Finally, he took the matter into his own hands, made some changes and additions, and added a foreword to the Senate and People of Cologne, dated 6 January 1566: this edition was first published at Cologne, by Maternus Cholinus in 1566 (De Backer-Sommervogel, II, Column 623; Cholinus had already previously published the Summa: in 1560 and 1563). That same year Plantin printed this renewed version. Part of the publication received a title-page naming Maternus Cholinus as co-publisher (see the description in following no.; 600 of these copies were shipped to the Cologne publisher). It is not quite clear what happened: if Plantin approached Cholinus for an Antwerp re-edition, which resulted ultimately in this co-publication, or if Cholinus, his Cologne-edition selling out quickly, asked Plantin for a reprint, of which Plantin took advantage in publishing part of the edition under his own name. |
| Note 4 | Plantin's dedicatory to Philip II is in a very general tone and contains no details about the genesis of the work. A reference to this dedicatory is made in Plantin's letter to de Cayas, 1 October 1567 (Corr., I, no. 84, pages 186-187). |
| Note 5 | The cost-accounting note in Arch. 4, folio 107, gives following details about 'Summa doctrinae Christianae Canisii': the wages for composing and printing were paid from 8 June until 3 August 1566. Together with 'la faceon de la table' (1 florins Carolus guilders 10 stuivers), they came to 34 florins Carolus guilders 2 stuivers For the 1,550 copies printed 34 reams of paper 'grand carré' were used, which, at 1 florins Carolus guilders 12 stuivers per ream, costed 54 florins Carolus guilders 8 stuivers, bringing the overall costs to 88 florins Carolus guilders 10 stuivers 'qui est la pièce environ 1¼ patt. [stuivers]'. |
| Note 6 | Plantin shipped on 6 August 1566 to Maternus Cholinus at Cologne 600 copies of the 'Summa doctrinae christianae' 'lesquels j'ay imprimé pour luy' - very likely thus those copies bearing Cholinus's name on the title-page. They were entered, at 1½ stuivers a piece, to a total value of 46 florins Carolus guilders 4 stuivers (including 1 florins Carolus guilders 4 stuivers for extra-expenses) (Arch. 44, folio 104v). |
| Note 7 | Mention of the works is made by Plantin in a Spanish letter to de Cayas, 19 December 1566 (Corr., I, no. 21, page 53). |
| Note 8 | Not listed in M 296. |
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