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Rare missionary reports from the great-nephew of the famous St. Francis Xavier
[XAVIER, Girolamo].Raguagli d'alcune missioni fatte dalli padri della Compagnia di Giesu nell'Indie Orientali, cioè nelle provincie di Goa, e Coccinno, e nell'Africa in Capo Verde.      Rome, Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615. 8vo. Contemporary (or sl. later) vellum. Woodcut 'IHS' vignette on title, woodcut ornaments and initials. 165 (1 blank) pp. Very rare edition of this Italian work, reporting on the Jesuit mission in India, The Oriental, the province Goa and parts of Africa undertaken by the Jesuit Society. Girolamo (also called Hieronymus or Jerome) Xavier (1549-1617) is generally considered the author of this work; on pages 14 & 34 two letters from him can be found. Besides this work, Xavier also is the author of Iaponica, Sinensia, Mogorana. Hoc est, de rebus apud eas gentes à patribus Societatis Iesu, ann. 1598. & 99. gestis , published in 1601. A. Camps wrote a book on the life and works of Xavier, who was the great-nephew of the famous St. Francis Xavier. Apparently there were 2 editions of this work which were both printed in 1615; one in Rome by Bartolomeo Zannetti (our copy) and 1 in Naples by Lazaro Scoriggio. Both editions are rare and very hard to find. Contents: - Il stampatore al benigno lettore (pp. 3-4). - Relatione della missione, & residenza del Mogòr (pp. 5-14). - Lettera del Padre Girolamo Xaverio al Padre Provincial di Goa (pp. 14-38). - Relatione della missione, de; regno di Monopotapà (pp. 39-47). - Della missione del Capo Verde chiamato già da gli antichi Geographi (pp. 48-106). - Relationi d'alcune missioni delli Padri della Compagnia di Giesu (pp. 107-152). - Missioni nelle terre de Christiani di San Tomaso (pp. 152-165). Good copy.- (Contemp. ms. annotations in ink on title and later ones in ink on last end leaf; occ. staining; sl. cropped; sm. tear in p. 99).
J.F. Maho, Sub-Saharan Languages and peoples, a bibliographical survey of pre-1920 works, p. 26/3; Arnulf Camps, Jerome Xavier, S.J., and the Muslims of the Mogul Empire (Nouvelle Revue de Science Missionaire, 1957); NCC: 1 copy (University Library Maastricht); KVK: 2 copies (British Library, Italy); 1 copy in the Jesuit collection of the Catholic University in Louvain, Belgium.
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