1686 Turin
DE ARTE RHETORICA & TABULAE RHETORICAE (JESUIT “SPEECH MACHINE”)
Ex Aristotle, Cicerone, & Quinetiliano praecipue deprompti
Auctore Cypriano Soario, Sacerdote Societatis IESV.
WITH: TABULAE RHETORICAE CYPRIANI SOARII…
SIVE totius artis Rhetoricae absolutissimum compendium.
A dense, pocket-sized Jesuit handbook designed to do one thing brilliantly: turn the chaos of words into an ordered instrument. Soarez distils the classical giants—Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian—into a compact system for the training of eloquence, while the accompanying Tabulae Rhetoricae compress the art still further into tables, diagrams, and mnemonic maps: rhetoric not just as theory, but as a structure you can hold.
Printed in Turin in 1686 by the heirs of Giorgio Colonna, this is the kind of book that would have lived in a student’s hand and on a classroom desk—worked, consulted, memorised—until the rules of persuasion became second nature. A small theatre of logos in limp vellum: a practical tool of discipline, and an object that still carries the patina of daily study.
By Cyprianus Soarius / Cipriano Soarez (Soarez), S.J. (Portuguese Jesuit)
Author Bio: Soarez was one of the most influential Jesuit teachers of rhetoric; his De Arte Rhetorica became a long-lived classroom standard, adapting classical rhetoric to the Jesuit educational programme. The Tabulae tradition is associated with Jesuit pedagogical “shortcuts” for memory and revision (often linked to Lodovico Carbone/Carbo in the wider bibliographic tradition).
Synopsis: A compact course in rhetoric—how to find arguments, structure them, style them, and deliver them—presented in a form built for memorisation and performance. The Tabulae function as a visual index of the whole art: quick-reference schematics that turn rhetoric into something like an engineered device—a speech machine.
Binding: Vellum, duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7 3⁄8 in 127 × 187 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: pp. (4); 210; 38 (unnumbered); 104; (2)
Language: Latin
Published By: Taurini, Typis Haeredis Georgij Columnae, Italy
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Contemporary limp vellum, rubbed/soiled with age, manuscript titling to spine (faded). Leaves toned with scattered staining/foxing; occasional small wormholes. Some pagination/numbering irregularities (as often encountered). Manuscript notes to endpapers. Overall a solid, use-worn Jesuit schoolbook copy with strong presence and excellent “lived-in” character.
Binding:
Limp vellum / parchment (contemporary), small-format pocket book (approx. 120 × 84 mm)..
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
SKU: BTETM0002694
1686 Turin
DE ARTE RHETORICA & TABULAE RHETORICAE (JESUIT “SPEECH MACHINE”)
Ex Aristotle, Cicerone, & Quinetiliano praecipue deprompti
Auctore Cypriano Soario, Sacerdote Societatis IESV.
WITH: TABULAE RHETORICAE CYPRIANI SOARII…
SIVE totius artis Rhetoricae absolutissimum compendium.
A dense, pocket-sized Jesuit handbook designed to do one thing brilliantly: turn the chaos of words into an ordered instrument. Soarez distils the classical giants—Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian—into a compact system for the training of eloquence, while the accompanying Tabulae Rhetoricae compress the art still further into tables, diagrams, and mnemonic maps: rhetoric not just as theory, but as a structure you can hold.
Printed in Turin in 1686 by the heirs of Giorgio Colonna, this is the kind of book that would have lived in a student’s hand and on a classroom desk—worked, consulted, memorised—until the rules of persuasion became second nature. A small theatre of logos in limp vellum: a practical tool of discipline, and an object that still carries the patina of daily study.
By Cyprianus Soarius / Cipriano Soarez (Soarez), S.J. (Portuguese Jesuit)
Author Bio: Soarez was one of the most influential Jesuit teachers of rhetoric; his De Arte Rhetorica became a long-lived classroom standard, adapting classical rhetoric to the Jesuit educational programme. The Tabulae tradition is associated with Jesuit pedagogical “shortcuts” for memory and revision (often linked to Lodovico Carbone/Carbo in the wider bibliographic tradition).
Synopsis: A compact course in rhetoric—how to find arguments, structure them, style them, and deliver them—presented in a form built for memorisation and performance. The Tabulae function as a visual index of the whole art: quick-reference schematics that turn rhetoric into something like an engineered device—a speech machine.
Binding: Vellum, duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7 3⁄8 in 127 × 187 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: pp. (4); 210; 38 (unnumbered); 104; (2)
Language: Latin
Published By: Taurini, Typis Haeredis Georgij Columnae, Italy
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Contemporary limp vellum, rubbed/soiled with age, manuscript titling to spine (faded). Leaves toned with scattered staining/foxing; occasional small wormholes. Some pagination/numbering irregularities (as often encountered). Manuscript notes to endpapers. Overall a solid, use-worn Jesuit schoolbook copy with strong presence and excellent “lived-in” character.
Binding:
Limp vellum / parchment (contemporary), small-format pocket book (approx. 120 × 84 mm)..
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
SKU: BTETM0002694
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