Putanowicz Alojzy - Life of St. John Kante - Krakow 1780 - [First Printing].

X.M. Józef Aloyzy Putanowicz [1737- 1788 ] - canon of the Plock collegiate church, Censor of Books in the Diocese of Krakow.

Życie Cuda Y Dzieie Kanonizacyi S. Jana Kantego Kapłana Swieckiego, w Akademii Krakowskiey Pisma Bozego Doktora y Profesora [...].

Year 1780 in Krakow Academy Printing House.

Contemporary binding stylized on the old one. Spine in natural leather, five-panel with embossing and titling, covers in black linen. Block re-stitched, first two and last page reproduced in high quality on handmade paper made to order in the Museum of Papermaking. The rest of the cannon original eighteenth century with slight soiling and traces of wetting. Handmade paper of high quality, card edges naturally uncut.

All in Polish with numerous woodcuts - decorative vignettes and finalics in the text.

Text in two columns, pages not numbered - quantity : 401

Folio format : 24 x 39 [cm].

" Jan Kanty - Jan of Kety - born June 23 or 24, 1390 in Kety, died December 24, 1473 in Cracow - presbyter, Polish saint of the Catholic Church.

He was canonized on July 16, 1767 by Clement XIII.

His liturgical memory (obligatory in Poland) is celebrated on October 20.

He was proclaimed patron saint of Poland and Lithuania by Clement XII in 1737 , and was also made patron of the Krakow Academy. He is the patron saint of Kęty, Krakow, the archdiocese of Krakow, the archdiocese of Lublin, the diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec, professors, teachers and students, Catholic schools, and Caritas. "

A very rare item on the antiquarian market.