Epistolae Indicae : de praeclaris et stupendis rebus, quas divina bonitas in India & variis insulis, per Societatē nominis Iesu operari dignata est, in tam copiosa Gentium ad fidem conversione

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in tam copiosa Gentium ad fidem conversione. Apud R. Velpium, Lovanii, 1566. Second edition. Duodecimo, seventeenth century speckled calf, bookplate to front pastedown, speckled edges, early owner s name to title page, pp. [xxiv]; 418; (20); (woodcut on final blank), woodcut initials, very pale water stain, overall clean. Important Jesuit letters dating from 1544 to 1560, sent from East Asia, the Persian Gulf and Goa, India , written by Francis Xavier (1506-1552), Gaspar Berse (1515-1597), Enrique Henriques (1536-1608), Melchior Nunez Barreto (c. 1520-1571) and other missionaries. One of two Louvain editions from 1566. Rare.

• Binding: Hardcover

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