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Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide, Student Manual. Regole da Osservarsi Dagli Alunni del Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide.
Rome: Nella Stampa della Sac. Congregatione de Prop. Fide, [n.d. circa 1650.]
Quarto, engraved printer's vignette to title page; neatly bound in contemporary limp parchment, with gilt tooled ruling and decorative corner rosettes; remnants of pink silk ties, 8 x 6 in.
The Pontifical College for the Propagation of the Faith was established by Pope Urban VIII in 1627 to train Catholic missionaries. It was an international school from its inception, hosting students from Armenia, Holland, Greece, Germany, Syria, India, Ethiopia, Iran, and the Spanish New World colonies.
Worldcat lists two copies in libraries worldwide; rare at auction.
