Author: Beauvais, P. de.
Title: La Vie du Venerable Pere Jean de Britto, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Mis à mort aux Indes dans le Maduré, en haine de la Foi.
Description: Paris, Gissey & Bordelet, 1746. Hardcover. Small octavo. Pp. xxxvi, 314, (4). Half-title present. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Shoulder notes. Hardcover, bound in contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt, morocco lettering-piece gilt, all edges red, marbled endpapers, green ribbon marker; slight rubbing to corner-tips, minute chip at foot of spine, name clipped off last free endpaper, repeated small contemporary stamp. In about fine condition. Overall an excellent copy. ~ First edition. Rare. The biography of the Jesuit priest Jean de Britto who worked in India as a missionary for 25 years before he was martyred on 4 February, 1693. The biography elaborately recounts his evangelical work among the Indians, but also records his observations on their life-style, way of dress, religion and social and political structure. Among the areas where he worked and those he visited were Ceylon, Madras, and Malabar. B-2 .

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