South East Asia.- Ferreira (Manuel) Noticias Summarias das perseguicoes da Missam de Cochinchina, principiada, & continuada pelos Padres da Companhia de Jesu, first edition, half-title, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and decorations, some leaves browned,small marginal ink stain to one leaf, 19th century Portuguese mottled calf, gilt spine with red morocco label, [Palau 194164; Cordier, Biblioteca Indosinica 1924], folio, Lisbon, Miguel Manescal, 1700. ⁂ First edition of this extremely scarce work on the persecution and martyrdom of Christian missionaries in Cochinchina at the end of the 17th century. This volume is considered one of the most important European works on Cochinchina from that time period. Jesuit priest Manuel Ferreira arrived in Vietnam in 1694, after having served as a missionary elsewhere in the East Indies since 1658. Ferreira provides a description of the region, including history, local customs, geography, and vegetation, before going on to discuss the establishment of the Jesuit missions. Much of the text focuses on the persecution, imprisonment, and often brutal murders of Christian missionaries who refused to renounce their faith, reporting that men were beheaded while women were thrown to the elephants. The last copy we have been able to trace at auction appeared in 1933. Provenance: Prosepero Peragallo (historian, signature dated Lisbon 1875 on title).
South East Asia.- Ferreira (Manuel) Noticias Summarias das perseguicoes da Missam de Cochinchina, principiada, & continuada pelos Padres da Companhia de Jesu, first edition, half-title, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and decorations, some leaves browned,small marginal ink stain to one leaf, 19th century Portuguese mottled calf, gilt spine with red morocco label, [Palau 194164; Cordier, Biblioteca Indosinica 1924], folio, Lisbon, Miguel Manescal, 1700. ⁂ First edition of this extremely scarce work on the persecution and martyrdom of Christian missionaries in Cochinchina at the end of the 17th century. This volume is considered one of the most important European works on Cochinchina from that time period. Jesuit priest Manuel Ferreira arrived in Vietnam in 1694, after having served as a missionary elsewhere in the East Indies since 1658. Ferreira provides a description of the region, including history, local customs, geography, and vegetation, before going on to discuss the establishment of the Jesuit missions. Much of the text focuses on the persecution, imprisonment, and often brutal murders of Christian missionaries who refused to renounce their faith, reporting that men were beheaded while women were thrown to the elephants. The last copy we have been able to trace at auction appeared in 1933. Provenance: Prosepero Peragallo (historian, signature dated Lisbon 1875 on title).
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