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$9,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

EXEMPLAR LITERARUM EX INDIIS ORIENTALIBUS AD REVERENDISSIMUM P. MAGISTRUM ORDINIS, QUARUM HEC SUPERSCRIPTIO...[caption title]. The rare Latin translation of Santa Maria's account of the mission in Malacca and Goa, and the life and martyrdom of Padre Jeronimo de la Cruz. The original relation, completed on December 26, 1569, in Goa, was addressed to the Dominican General in Rome. The author was a Portuguese Dominican who studied theology at Coimbra. He went to India as a missionary, eventually becoming the Prior of the Convent at Goa and Vicar-General of the Holy Congregation for India.A very fine copy of an extremely rare missionary report. OCLC records only the James Ford Bell Library copy.

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