#JesuitBooks
The C17th equivalent of 'the dog ate my homework'?

A printer explains in 1623 that he couldn't translate Latin to English as he did not have enough paper. And that he's broke.

#JesuitBooks #17thCentury #Printers #Complaints
June 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Robert #Persons SJ & St Edmund #Campion SJ, pioneers of the #Jesuit #EnglishMission, started their first missionary tour #OTD 1580. While on tour, Persons paused at #Spinkhill & started his #ChristianDirectory and Campion followed with his #Brag and #DecemRationes

#JesuitBooks
July 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM