Live auction - Lot 1121
Relation de l'inquisition de Goa.
Paris, D. Horthemels, 1688
Hammer price: €
150
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
12mo: [16]-251-[13] pp.; 6 pl. (sl. foxing, faint marg. damp stains, occ. soiling, sm. marg. ink stain).
Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red spr. edges (rubbed, front flyleaf missing).
Story (1st ed.: Leiden, 1687) of Dellon's imprisonment by the Portuguese Inquisition in Goa, Daman and later in Brazil and Lisbon. He was condemned to death at the stake but his sentence was commuted to 5 years in the galleys. With the help of Bossuet, he was sent back to France before the end of the 5 years. Illustrated with 6 copper-engr. plates (3 fold.) representing judgement and penance scenes, 3 headpieces and a title-vignette. The work was put on the Index in 1690.
Ref. Barbier IV:210. - Goldsmith (BL) 308. - Not in Chadenat (1719 ed.).
Prov. J.H. Pels (mod. bookpl.).