Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 332

Price Realized: $ 3,000
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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(BRAZIL.) Berettari, Sebastiano. Vita R.P. Josephi Anchietae, Societatis Jesu Sacerdotis in Brasilia Defuncti. [4], 427, [2] pages. 12mo, early vellum with later gilt morocco spine label, minor wear; minor foxing. Cologne: J. Kinckius, 1617

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Second edition, after the Lyons edition of the same year. The first biography of José de Anchieta (1534-1597), a Jesuit from the Canary Islands who went as a missionary to Brazil. He was a founder of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and was made a saint in 2014. This biography was based on a manuscript by fellow Jesuit Pedro Rodríguez. Borba de Moraes, page I:99; European Americana 617/20; JCB II:117; Medina BHA 652; Palau 27749; Sabin 4827. No copy of either 1617 edition has been traced at auction since 1971.