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RARE, ORIGINAL, 1675 LAST EDITION OF: “Sacrae Litaniae Variae Cum brevi piaque quotidiana exercitatione. In gratiam Catholicorum... Exercitium Hebdomadarium Collectore Johanne Wilsono Sacerdote Anglo: In gratium piorum Catholicorum. Editio Postrema.”

This finely bound treatise was authored by the Catholic Church. Published in Antwerp, by the famed Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, in 1675.

We could not locate another available copy of this edition. There were no institutionally held copies.

The first two blanks contain a neatly handwritten note, in Italian, stating book was blessed by Pope Gregory XVI, dated \"27 April 1840, Rome!

Pope Gregory was born in 1765 with the name, Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari. In 1800, he became a member of the Academy of the Catholic Religion, founded by Pope Pius VII (1800–23), to which he contributed a number of memoirs on theological and philosophical questions, and in 1805 was made abbot of San Gregorio on the Caelian Hill.

When Pius VII was carried off from Rome in 1809, Cappellari withdrew to Murano, near Venice, and in 1814, with some other members of his order, he moved again, this time to Padua; but soon after the restoration of the Pope in 1814 he was recalled to Rome, where he received successive appointments as vicar-general of the Camaldolese Order, councillor of the Inquisition, prefect of the Propaganda, and examiner of bishops.

In March 1825, he was created Cardinal in Pectore by Pope Leo XII (1823–29), and shortly afterwards was entrusted with an important mission to adjust a concordat regarding the interests of the Catholics of Walloonia in the predominantly Protestant United Kingdom of the Netherlands. He negotiated peace on behalf of Armenian Catholics with the Ottoman Empire. He financed and encouraged Polish revolutionaries who undermined Tsar Nicholas I\'s efforts to support the Catholic royalist cause in France, by the necessity of diverting troops to Poland.

On February 2, 1831, he was, after sixty-four days of conclave, unexpectedly chosen to succeed Pope Pius VIII (1829–30) in the papal chair. His election was influenced by the fact that the cardinal considered the most likely papabile, Giacomo Cardinal Giustiniani, was vetoed by King Fernando VII of Spain. The other major candidates, Emmanuele De Gregorio and Bartolomeo Pacca, had been candidates in the previous conclave. When a deadlock arose between them, the cardinals turned to Cappellari, but it took as many as eighty-three ballots for a decisive result to be obtained.

This fascinating example of an early prayer book contains material for the individual to work on his faith. It would not be used for public worship. It includes a year’s calendar with Holy Days, multiple litanies on Christ, the Virgin Mary, angels, and few of the Psalms, also on confession, communion, etc.

This finely bound book was published by the Plantin Press. Thos Press at Antwerp was one of the focal centers of the fine printed book in the 16th century.

Christophe Plantin (ca 1520 - 1589) of Touraine was trained as a bookbinder. He fled from Paris where at least one printer had recently been burned at the stake for heresy, and went to Antwerp. There he bound books, became a citizen, and by 1555 began to print books, at first for distribution by other publishers. The city was already an established center of printing woodcuts, engravings and books. Plantin took on an assistant, Jan Moretus (Moerentorf), who read Latin and Greek and could write correspondence in several modern languages. He became Plantin\'s business manager, son-in-law and eventually his successor in the Plantin printing press.

For over two hundred years the Plantin press had a monopoly, granted by the papacy, for the printing of liturgical formularies, including in Spain. In 1562, suspected of heresy, Plantin fled to France for two years. At an sale of his press, friends bought up his equipment on his behalf.

After 1564, when Plantin set up again in a new shop at the sign of De Gulden Passer (\"The Golden Compasses\"), the printers mark of the House of Plantin. It often appeared in a vignette on the title page of books from the press, depicting a compass, angels, and the motto Labore et Constancia (\"By Labor and Constancy\") which epitomizes the life of the publisher. From about 1570 Plantin employed the engravers Jan Wierix and his brother Hieronymus.

Condition: Rare book remains in very good condition [see images]. The first two blanks contain a neatly handwritten note, in Italian, stating book was blessed by Pope Gregory XVI, dated \"27 April 1840, Rome!  Volume is bound in a beautiful black calf binding with decorative floral gilt boards and spine. Text is in red and black ink. Topics begin with historiated initials. Impressive engraved head and tail pieces. Ffp has annotations.   Clean internally.  It measures approx. 4.25\" tall x 2.25\" wide x .75\" thick. Volume contains 234 pages of text. This is quite a find and a very worthy acquisition indeed. 

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