JOSEPH SICARDO (1643-1715)
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JOSEPH SICARDO (1643-1715)

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JOSEPH SICARDO (1643-1715)

Christiandad del Japon, y dilatada persecucion que padecio. Memorias Sacras, de los Martyres de las Ilustres Religiones de Santo Domingo, San Francisco, Compañia de Jesus; Y con especialidad, de los Religiosos del Orden de N.P.S. Augustin. Madrid: Francisco Sanz, 1698. 2° (300 x 214mm). Woodcut border to title-page, printed in double columns, woodcut head-pieces. Contemporary vellum with cord ties, spine lettered in manuscript (spine browned, lacking clasps), modern morocco-backed box.

RARE FIRST EDITION OF A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS TO JAPAN, a broadly influential work by the Spanish Augustinian professor of theology at the University of Mexico from 1688, the work including substantial material on the embassies between Japan and the Philippines. Cordier Japonica 407; Palau 312228; Medina, Hispano-Americana 1991; Sabin 80832.
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