Chief work of the Dutch born jesuit Petrus Canisius (1521-1597) is his triple "Catechism". In 1551 King Ferdinand I asked the University of Vienna to write a compendium of Christian doctrine, and Canisius wrote (Vienna, 1555), at first for advanced students, his "Summa doctrinæ christianæ . . . in usum Christianæ pueritiæ", two hundred and eleven questions in five chapters. His catechism for students of the lower and middle grades, "Parvus Catechismus Catholicorum" (later known as "Institutiones christianæ pietatis" or "Catechismus catholicus"), is an extract from the larger catechism, written in the winter of 1557-58; the German edition appeared at Dillingen, 1560. During his lifetime, versions of Canisius popular explanation of the Roman Catholic Doctrine and view on Christianity appeared in more than 200 editions in at least twelve languages. Our copy is a rare Dutch translation of a German version (in the 5th edition, 1764) of the Catechism reworked and edited by Sebastianus Schmid who was a parish priest in the German town of Röttingen am Ries. Small stamp on first free endpapers. Title-page of volume 1 loose and damaged at edges without loss of texts; some marginal dampstaining; light marginal annotations in pencil; Damage to letterpieces, 2 missing; very slight wear to capitals and edges. Not in OCLC; 1 copy (Kevelaer) in German Libraries (KvK On-Line); 5 copies in Dutch Central Catalog (NCC); not in STCN.