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NORBERT, Père, de Bar-le-Duc [Pierre CUREL]. Memorie storiche intorno alle missioni dell'Indie Orientali, translated from the French by Agostino da Parma. Lucca: Salvatore e Gian-Domenico Marescandoli [vol.II: Domenico Ciuffetti e Filippo Maria Benedini, vol.III: Giuseppe Salani, e Vincenzo Giuntini], 1744. 3 volumes in 2, 4° (256 x 156mm). Titles of vol.I & III printed in red and black, vol.I with engraved arms of Benedict XIV (many quires browned, occasional spotting). Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Giacinto Maria Bonfiglio, a preacher in the cathedral of Monte Cassino (contemporary book-label).
First edition in Italian of this account of all the missions to the South of India by the Cappuchins and Jesuits from 1600 to 1742, written from a Capuchin point of view and containing bitter denunciations of the Jesuits. It was first published in French in 1742. (2)
First edition in Italian of this account of all the missions to the South of India by the Cappuchins and Jesuits from 1600 to 1742, written from a Capuchin point of view and containing bitter denunciations of the Jesuits. It was first published in French in 1742. (2)
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