Bartolomé de. Conciones de festis Domini. Nunc primùm in lucem editae, & duplici indice illustratae.

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Semée of Barberini Bees ESCOBAR, Bartolomé de. Conciones de festis Domini. Nunc primùm in lucem editae, duplici indice illustratae. Pont-à-Mousson: Typis Sebastiani Cramoisy . 1625. 4to. Contemporary Roman red morocco, boards ruled in gilt to a panel design with floral corner pieces, spine similarly gilt-tooled and directly lettered in gilt, all over semée of gilt bees, edges gilt; pp. [16], 743 [ i.e. 699], [1 (blank)], [116]; title page printed black and red, engraved vignette to title, woodcut initials, woodcut and typographic head- and tailpieces, ruled in red throughout; spine ends and corners expertly repaired, hinges cracked but holding firm, extremities a little worn; light uniform toning, light variable offsetting but generally very good; late 17th-century ownership inscription “Conventus S. Caroli ad 4 fontes de Urbe”, and 2 19th-century ink library stamps “BIBLIOTH. S. CAROLI AD QUAT. FONT” to title, modern armorial bookplate to pastedown (see below). First edition, the splendidly bound dedication copy to Cardinal Francesco Barberini, of this collection of sermons by the Peruvian Jesuit Bartolomé de Escobar (1560-1624). Born into a wealthy Sevillian family, Escobar moved with his parents to Peru at a young age. He studied law at the Royal College of San Martín in Lima before entering the Jesuit novitiate at the College of San Pablo in 1580. Ordained a priest, he devoted himself to preaching and the conversion of the natives, becoming one of only two Jesuit Quechua

• Binding: Hardcover

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