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Very rare original and only edition of this work on the history of the mission in Morocco

SAN JUAN DEL PUERTO, Francisco de Jesús María de.
Mission historial de Marruecos, en que se trata de los martirios, persecuciones, y trabajos, que han padecido los missionarios, y frutos que han cogido las missiones, que han cogido las missiones, que desde sus principios tuvo la Orden Seraphica en el Imperio de Marruecos, y continùa La Provincia de San Diego de Franciscos descalços de Andalucia en el mismo Imperio.

With allegorical engraved frontispiece by Jo. Carolus Allet after the design by Pietro de Pietri, title printed in red & black within an elegant typogr. border, woodcut initials, typogr. ehad and tail pieces; printed in two cols.

With allegorical engraved frontispiece by Jo. Carolus Allet after the design by Pietro de Pietri, title printed in red & black within an elegant typogr. border, woodcut initials, typogr. ehad and tail pieces; printed in two cols.

With allegorical engraved frontispiece by Jo. Carolus Allet after the design by Pietro de Pietri, title printed in red & black within an elegant typogr. border, woodcut initials, typogr. ehad and tail pieces; printed in two cols.



Sevilla, Francisco Garay, 1708. Folio. Contemporary limp vellum, spine with ink lettering, leather ties, sprinkled edges. With allegorical engraved frontispiece by Jo. Carolus Allet after the design by Pietro de Pietri, title printed in red & black within an elegant typogr. border, woodcut initials, typogr. ehad and tail pieces; printed in two cols. (44), 829, (19) pp.

Very rare original and only edition of this work on the history of the mission in Morocco by the Franciscans, by Francisco de Jesus Maria de San Juan del Puerto (fl. ca. 1700-1725). The work is dedicated to Luis Manuel, bishop of Palestrine, archbishop of Toledo, 'Primado' of Spain, Ambassador in Rome to Pope Innocentius XI, etc., and includes a description of Morocco and the north coast of Africa, treating also the religion, administration, customs, history, etc. of the region. A great part is devoted to the martyrdom of the many Franciscan missionaries, put to death by the Muslim inhabitants. 
Very fine copy.
Palau 293854; Gay, Bibli. des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabe, 1276; Ellen G. Friedman, 'The Exercise of Religion by Spanish Captives in North Africa', in: Sixteenth Century Journal, 6/1 (1975), pp. 19-34.

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Africa  Mission  Morocco  Spanish 

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