Live auction - Lot 741
[Jesuits]
Tableaux des personnages signalés de la Comp[agnie] de Jesus exposés en la solennité de la Canonization des SS. Ignace & Franç.-Xavier.
Douai, B. Bellère, 1623
Hammer price: €
200
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
8vo: [16 incl. engr. title]-511 [= 521]-[40] pp. (title partly soiled, damp stains in first quire, some lighter dampstaining in quires 2D, 2E and 2H, occ. spotting).
Contemp. overl. vellum, ink-titled flat spine, blue edges, vellum closing ties (sl. soiled, head sl. damaged).
Rare first edition of this bibliography of important Jesuits, a significant part dedicated to missionaries in Africa, Asia and especially America, making this work an important source for the history of America.
Ref. DBS VI:37. - STC French 201.
Prov. Jesuits college Tournai (stamp). - Old ms. entries.