Originally published: Colegio de la Compañía, 1695.

Translation of: Locutio Dei ad cor religiosi, first published in 1673.

Signatures: [A]-U⁸ (A1 verso, U7-8 blank)

Based on the Spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Frontispiece plate is a portrait of Saint Ignatius with manuscript decorations around the frame.

Medina, J.T. Imprenta en la Puebla de los Angeles (1640-1821), 190.

Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus , VI: col . 399.

Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), 215417.

John Carter Brown Library copies 1 and 2 bound in contemporary limp vellum.

John Carter Brown Library copies 1 and 2 imperfect: wanting two blank leaves at the end.

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 imperfect: Initial woodcut plate wanting.

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 is the gift of Ricardo Jove.

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has ms. on t.p. verso: De la Compa[ñia] de J[e]s[us] 1819.

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 acquired with the assistance of the Divestiture Fund.

Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy 2: WMM [i.e. W. Michael Mathes]: bookstamp on verso of title page and verso of p. 52. There is also a manuscript note on verso of title page containing an ownership note with the name Maria Ignacia de San Antonio.

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 imperfect: Hinges split, minor wear, moderate worming and marginal repairs to final leaf.