[Rarebooks] FS: Rare 1st ed. of Torsellino's life of St. Francis Xavier. Rome: 1594

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Torsellino, Orazio (or, Torsellini, Horatio). DE VITA FRANCISCI XAVERII: 
Qui Primus e Societate Jesu in India, & Japonica Evangelium Promulgavit. Rome: 
Ex Typograpgia [sic] Gabiana. 1594. 8vo. (40),395,(1)pp. Title with woodcut 
Jesuit device. Cont. limp vellum, minor chipping to spine. Some occasional 
text soiling and 2 small old library rubber stamps. At the bottom of the 
title page is an inscription (July 7, 1594) and signature of Domenici Mellini, 
a Friar and scholar (author of a number of books) in Florence.     $4,500.00 
(trade discount allowed)
First edition of a very important life of Saint Francis Xavier (d. 1552), 
considered the greatest missionary since the time of the Apostles. See Tenri 
Library, CATALOGUE OF SPECIAL BOOKS ON CHRISTIAN MISSIONS #31; Cordier, 
JAPONICA #128; Sommervogel, VIII, 140.

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