[St.JACEK Odrowąż] Frydrychowicz, Dominik - S...

[ŚW. JACEK Odrowąż] Frydrychowicz, Dominik - S. Hyacinthvs Odrovasivs Principalis Hierarchicus Vniversalis Regni Polonia Patronvs A Sede Apostolica Datvs Ab Indigentav Natvs Ab Vniversi Polonis Rogatvs Per P. F. Dominicum Frydrychowicz S. The. Prasentarum Ord. Pradic. Humili Calamo Exaratus.(Cracoviae 1688, Typis Universitatis). 2°, f. [8], p. 245, [1], 8 full-page illustrations (copperplates) ; opr. coch. : pp.
The author (1647-1718) was a Dominican, theologian (dogmatist and polemicist), wrote and printed. sermons, legal and hagiographical works, which include the one offered about St. Jack Odrowąż (1183-1257), also a Dominican, patron saint of Poland, founder of monasteries, evangelizer and preacher. R. ed. on titlepage 1687, in colophon 1688, the book is enriched with 8 full-page copperplate engravings by Tobias Steckel (on plates signed Tob. Schtekel sculpsit), referring to the figure and activities of St. Jack Odrowąż. Lacking engraved title page (supplementary xeroxed copy), traces of dampstaining in several places, otherwise a well-preserved copy, handwritten old prov. note on dedication p.. Estr. vol. 16, p. 354. prov. : Pawlowski - Bibliotheca Hagedorneum (stamp).