MOŚCICKI, Mikołaj, *Elementa ad S. Confessiones*, is not only absolutely necessary for novice priests in the penitentiary, but also extremely useful for all penitents who wish to make a thorough confession.

Elements on St. Augustine’s *Confessions*, not only essential for novice priests in the penitential ministry, but also of the utmost benefit to all penitents who wish to make a thorough confession.

Comprising ten parts. To which is appended a short treatise on the practice of meditation. By F. Nicolao Moscicensi, Doctor of Theology of the Order of Preachers. Third and corrected edition. With the permission of the superiors. Cologne, 1610. Published by Burchard Kuickij near the College of the Society of Jesus, (12.5 x 7.5 cm), fol. [6], p. 258 (instead of 268), contemporary parchment binding.
(Estr. Vol. 22). The third, revised edition of one of the most important Polish textbooks on moral theology from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, authored by the Dominican Mikołaj of Mościsk (1559–1632), Doctor of Theology. A practical handbook on the art of hearing confession, intended both for priests beginning their ministry in the confessional and for penitents wishing to properly prepare for confession. The work is divided into ten parts, with an attached treatise on the practice of meditation. Seven pages are missing (two in the preface and the last five); a seal, the owner’s note, the corners of a dozen or so pages have been repaired, signs of moisture and stains; parchment binding with scuffs and slight soiling. Rare.