Rhetorica cælestis, seu attente precandi scientia - Drexel, Jeremias 1581-1638 (Munich Leysser, 1636)
Jeremias Drexel (1581-1638) was a Jesuit writer of devotional literature and a professor of humanities and rhetoric who served Maximilian I of Bavaria
The engraved frontispiece depicts Jacob's ladder and two further biblical stories
German edition originally published in 1628; this is the first edition in Latin
Ex libris Henriccj Hummes, pastor in [illegible] A[nn]o 163[illegible] die 9 februi
Quam coram Ser.ma Viriusq. Bavariæ Duce, S. R. I. Archidapifero, Electore Maximiliano et Ser.mâ coniuge Elisabetha explicavit & latinè scripsit Hieremias Drexelius è Societate IESU
Keywords: Jesuits; 17th Century (1601-1700); Religion; Rhetoric; Germany