Hieronymo XAVIER, Ludovico DE DIEU
Historia Christi Persice conscripta, simulque multis modis contaminata, a P. Hieronymo Xavier, Soc. Jesu. Latine reddita & animadversionibus notata a Ludovico de Dieu [suivi de] Rudimenta linguae Persicae. Accedunt duo priora capita Geneseos, ex Persica translatione Iac. Tawusi[History of Christ written in Persian, and corrupted in many ways, by Father Jerome Xavier, of the Society of Jesus. Translated into Latin and annotated by Louis de Dieu] bound with [Rudiments of the Persian Language. Together with the first two chapters of Genesis, translatedinto persian by Jacob Tawusi]
Ex Officina Elzeviriana|Lugduni Batavorum [Leyde [Leiden]] 1639|15.3 x 20.8 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition, bringing together in a single volume the three Persian sections issued by the Elzeviers at Leiden in 1639: the Historia Christi Persice conscripta and Historia S. Petri Persice, forming the two parts of a single publication, followed by Louis de Dieu's separately titled Rudimenta linguae Persicae. Backer & Sommervogel VIII, 1339-1340; Willems 490 and 477.
Contemporary full stiff vellum with overlapping edges, smooth spine with an early manuscript title partly faded at head, some staining to covers, red-speckled edges. Earlier booksellers' description labels mounted on a flyleaf. An attractive...
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