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(PARAGUAY.) Muratori, Lodovico Antonio.
Il Cristianesimo felice nelle
missioni dé padri della Compagnia di Gesú nel Paraguai.
Folding map. [8], 196, xii,
180 pages. 2 volumes in one. 4to, later boards, worn; stain in lower margin of title page,
7-cm repaired tear to map, minor foxing. In a modern cloth tray case.
Venice: Pasquali, 1743 and 1749
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST EDITION
of the first impartial history of the Jesuit missions in Paraguay, a popular work
which was translated into several languages. The last 18 pages deal with the early missions in
Lower California. Usually not seen with both volumes, which were issued six years apart.
Borba de Moraes, page II:603; European Americana 743/164, 749/190; Palau 185907
(“Obra estimada por los muchos documentos que encierra . . . de indiscutible valor para el
estudio de las misiones”); Sabin 51418.
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(PARAGUAY.)
Novelle interessanti
in proposito degli affari del Portogallo.
Large folding map of Paraguay, 2 plates, fold-
ing table. viii, 240; xii, 236; viii, 216; viii, 225
pages. 4 volumes. 4to, original boards, moder-
ate wear; minor foxing.
Bern: Reggenza Elvetica,
1760-68
[1,500/2,500]
Correspondence relating to the expulsion of the
Jesuits, translated into Italian, some of it relating to
Paraguay. Not found in Borba de Moraes, Medina,
Palau, or Sabin, and none known at auction.