Institutionum Historiae Philosophicae
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 2028
Author
Bartholomaeus Povius (Bartolomé Ponce), S.J.
Title
Institutionum Historiae Philosophicae
Statement of responsibility
E Societate Jesu, in Seminario Bilbilitano Philosophiae Professoris
Place of publication
Bilbilis (Calatayud)
Publisher
Not identified
Series
Not identified
Printer
Ioachimus Estevan, Regii Bilbilitani Seminarii Societatis Jesu Typographus
Date
1763
Imprint (isbd)
Bilbili : Typis Ioachimi Estevan, Regii Bilbilitani Seminarii Societatis Jesu Typographi, 1763
Language
Latin
Edition
First edition
Alternative title
Institutionum Historiae Philosophicae. Libri I-XII
Original work
Not applicable
Original language
Latin
Translator
Not applicable
Edition statement
Academic edition intended for the teaching of philosophy at the Seminary of Calatayud.
Collation
[16], 245 pages, plus final errata leaf; includes the Theses Bilbilitanae Institutionum Historiae Philosophicae Libris XII comprehensae.
Illustrations
No illustrations; decorated initials and woodcut typographical ornaments.
Maps
None.
Format
Quarto (4to)
Dimensions
24 × 18 cm
Typographic signatures
Present.
Paper type
Handmade laid paper.
Watermarks
Not identified.
Printing condition
Well-executed letterpress printing with clear impressions, well-preserved ink and excellent legibility.
Binding
Contemporary full leather binding over paper-covered boards.
Spine
Smooth spine with handwritten title and horizontal blind rules.
Decoration
No gilt decoration or elaborate tooling.
Endpapers
Plain endpapers.
Binding condition
Good overall condition, showing expected wear, minor losses at the corners and slight deformation consistent with age while remaining structurally sound.
Contains the philosophical treatise Institutionum Historiae Philosophicae, a scholarly work intended for the teaching of the history of philosophy at the Seminary of Calatayud. The volume develops the twelve books of the work and concludes with the Theses Bilbilitanae, prepared for the public defence of Francisco Ignacio Albiz, a student of the Bilbilitan Seminary. The volume also preserves the printed errata leaf.
Printed at Calatayud in 1763 by the press of the Jesuit Seminary.
Preserves several early manuscript annotations on the preliminary leaves, probably written by former owners or students.
The presence of both the Theses Bilbilitanae and the final errata leaf confirms the bibliographical completeness of the copy.
The work represents one of the philosophical textbooks employed in higher education at Spanish Jesuit colleges during the second half of the eighteenth century.
Main subject
Philosophy
Subsubjects
History of philosophy; Scholasticism; Society of Jesus; Jesuit education; Seminary of Calatayud; Humanities; Latin language; Eighteenth-century philosophy.
Shelfmark
2028
Condition
Good.
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis.
Copy notes
Complete copy preserving the final errata leaf. Early manuscript annotations remain on the preliminary leaves. Original contemporary full leather binding. Handmade laid paper. The volume shows old moisture stains and moderate wear to the binding consistent with its age, without affecting the readability or integrity of the text.