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XAVIER, Jerome. Historia Christi Persice [.. S.Petri Persice.] Leiden: Elzevir Press, 1639. 2 parts. [Bound with:] Louis de DIEU. Rudimenta linguae Persicae. Leiden: Elzevir Press 1639. 2 works, in three parts, in one volume, 4 (198 x 146mm). Titles printed in red and black. Titles and text in Farsi and Latin. (First title with small repaired tear to lower blank margin, first and last leaves lightly soiled.) Modern calf gilt by Bennett of New York.
FIRST EDITION. Although Raimondi had published a Persian grammer for the use of missionaries in Rome in 1614, it had remained generally unknown to scholars in the West, and Louis de Dieu believed his work was the first of its kind. Willems 490 & 477.
FIRST EDITION. Although Raimondi had published a Persian grammer for the use of missionaries in Rome in 1614, it had remained generally unknown to scholars in the West, and Louis de Dieu believed his work was the first of its kind. Willems 490 & 477.