Horatius Cardon, who printed often counter-Reformation Jesuit works in the early 1600s, was one of the publishers supported by the Lyon Jesuits. During the 16th-18th centuries, the Church was the greatest patron of printers and most published books were theological in nature. Ornately bound and with a distinctive style, Cardon’s books reflect the strong Jesuit influence and ideology at this period in Lyon.
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Azor, Juan. 1603. Institutionum Moralium : In Quibus Universae... Lugduni: Horatii Cardon.
This work on Christian moral theology is by Fr. Juan Azor, a Spanish Jesuit. Its quality leather binding as well as the academic theological subject makes it typical of a Cardon publication.
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Boverio, Zaccaria. 1617. Demonstrationes Symbolorum Verae... Lugduni: Sumptibus Horatii Cardon.
This work on Catholic theology was published in 1617 and defends against opposing theology. It was rebound but its elaborate frontispiece is very much in Cardon’s style.
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———. 1617. Ioannis Lorini, Societatis Iesu, Commentariorum in Librum Psalmorum... Lugduni: Sumptibus Horatii Cardon.
These volumes of biblical commentary on the Psalms were also published in 1617 and have a high quality vellum binding and an ornate frontispiece that fit Cardon’s style.
