IL VIAGGIO ALL' INDIE ORIENTALI DEL PADRE F. VINCENZO MARIA DI S. CATERINA DA SIENA PROCURATOR GENERALE DE' CARMELITANI SCALZI...DIVISO IN CINQUE LIBRI.... [bound with:] SECONDA SPEDITIONE ALL' INDIE ORIENTALI DI MONSIGNOR SEBASTIANI...
by [Murchio, Vincenzo Maria
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Venice: Appresso Antonio Tiuan, 1683. [16],516,[19]; 147,[5]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary vellum, gilt title on spine. Some persistent dampstaining in lower gutters of many leaves, titlepage bit tanned. Lacking four preliminary leaves of index and dedication, otherwise very good and quite clean. First published in Rome in 1672, this 1683 edition is the first to contain the SECONDA SPEDITIONE ALL' INDIE ORIENTALI of Giuseppe di Sebastiani, which has its own titlepage. An early, very detailed account of travel in India by a Carmelite missionary. The NUC locates only four copies, at Indiana University, Ohio University, Harvard, and Yale
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- IL VIAGGIO ALL' INDIE ORIENTALI DEL PADRE F. VINCENZO MARIA DI S. CATERINA DA SIENA PROCURATOR GENERALE DE' CARMELITANI SCALZI...DIVISO IN CINQUE LIBRI.... [bound with:] SECONDA SPEDITIONE ALL' INDIE ORIENTALI DI MONSIGNOR SEBASTIANI...
- Author
- [Murchio, Vincenzo Maria
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Appresso Antonio Tiuan
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1683
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- Vellum
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