College Exposition Books
Below are listed all of the books that Creighton University displayed at a College Exposition in the late 1880s or 1890s. This list consists of notable early works that were displayed in order to demonstrate the wide array of materials available to Creighton students, thus, all of these books were in the Creighton University library shortly after it was founded. Titles in Latin were translated by whoever compiled this list, and author names were occasionally shortened. For books we have located in our collection, the title appears on this list as it does in the book.
Postilla Super Totam Bibliam by Nicholas de Lyra [Incun. 1478 .L9.7]
Written by Nicholas de Lyra, this book is a commentary on the Bible, but more notably, it is one of four incunabula in our collection. An incunabulum is a book printed before 1501, when the printing press became more widespread. It was published in Cologne, bound in oak, and has capitals illustrated by hand.
Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI by G.P. Maffeius, S.J. [BQX7477 .I5.3.M3 1588]
A history of the Indies written by Giovanni Pietro Maffei, S.J. and published in Venice by Damian Zenari.
Various by Suarez, SJ - 1600-1655
Indicates the extensive collection of Suarez books in our collection. A finding aid of Suarez’s works is forthcoming.
Dutch Catechism - 1611 [BX9429 .B6. 1611]
Written by Guilelmus Bucanus and printed in Amsterdam by Jan Evertz, this is a Calvinist catechism written in what is either Middle Dutch or Modern Dutch.
Annales Rerum Angelicarum … Elizabeth - 1615 [DA350 .C165 1615]
Written by William Camden, this volume is the 1615 Latin first edition. More information regarding this book can be found on the Notable Works finding aid.
De Controversiis Christiane fidei adversus huius temporis haereticos - 1615 [BQ7007 .A5.S22 1615]
Written by Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, S.J. about controversies in the time of the Reformation.
De Christiana Expeditio ne apud Sinas suscepta ab Societatis Jesu - 1617 [BQX7477 .C4.5.T7 1617]
The details of a Jesuit expedition to China, written by Nicholas Trigault, S.J. In addition to the 1617 edition, the Rare Books Room has a 1615 edition in better condition.
Summa Theologica [BQ6822 1623]
Written by St. Thomas Aquinas, this is the larger of two editions in the Rare Books Room. The smaller edition was published in 1614.
Disputationum de Iustitia et Iuvre - 1633-1670 [BQ7076 .L9.7 1633 vol. 1-7]
Seven volumes of Cardinal DeLugo, S.J.’s work on moral theology.
Imago Primi Saeculi Societatis Jesu - 1640 [BQX7476 .B4.4 1640]
Published by the Flemish Province of the Society of Jesus to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Philosophia Universa - 1664 by Thomas Compton-Carleton, S.J. [B839 .C6.5 1664]
La Perpetuite de la Foy - 1664 by Antoine Arnauld [BQ7081 .N5.2P4 1704 vol. 1-4]
Written as a discourse regarding the differences in Protestant and Catholic views of the Eucharist.