[Rarebooks] FS: Life & martydom of Fr. Diego Luis de San Vitores, a Jesuit in the Marianas. Naples: 1686

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Garcia, Francesco. ISTORIA DELLA CONVERSIONE ALLA NOSTRA FEDE DELL'ISOLE MARIANE: Dette Prima de' Ladroni, Nella Vita, Predicatione, e Morte Glorioso per Christo del Venerabile P. Diego Luigi de Sanvitores, ed d'altri Suoi Compagni della Compagnia di Giesu... E Tradotta Nell'Italiano... Naples: Camillo Cauallo e Michele Luigi Mutii. 1686 (colophon 1687). 4to. (24),663,(1)pp. Withe the blank leaf c2. Woodcut device on title and verso of final leaf. Apparently lacking the portrait of San Vitores (see below). Cont. vellum. Title with a blank section discolored towards the bottom, but overall a very nice clean copy. Front free endpaper removed.                                                                                                                                                                                                       $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)   

The first Italian edition of the Spanish life and martyrdom of Jesuit Father Diego Luis de San Vitores (1627-1672) and his missionary work, largely on Guam and the Mariana Islands, where he met his death. I believe that this edition should have the one engraved plate, but numerous citations, including the primary OCLC record do not record a plate. Palau 97962.


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