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With engr. pictorial title. 14 unn. leaves, 616 pp. 12mo. Contemp. vellum. Munich, Nicolaus Heinrich, 1627. Second edition. As the title "Trismegistus" suggests, the reader is told that there are three important things in Christian life: the devotion of the Saints, the examination of one's conscience and modesty in the choice of dress. Drexel (1581-1638) used the literary means of a dialogue between himself and a younger member of the Marian Congregation, to whom the tract is dedicated. - VD17 12:101432V; Dünnhaupt (2nd ed.), p. 1388, 9.6; Pörnbacher 174; Breidenbach, Der Emblematiker Jeremias Drexel, 210-13; De Backer/Sommervogel III, 187, 7; cf. Jantz 874 (ed. 1634: "Old Hermetic symbolism turned to pious purposes"); not in Paisey. RELIGION / THEOLOGY ; BIBELN, RELIGION ; JESUITS ;