Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 62

Price Realized: $ 3,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(JESUITS.) Annuae litterae Societatis Jesu anni M D LXXXI. 218 pages plus three blank leaves. 8vo, later vellum, minor wear; minor worming in inner margin, otherwise quite fresh; early inscription on title page. Rome: Jesuit College, 1583
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The first of the annual collections of Jesuit letters that were issued through 1654. News from Brazil is given on pages 105 to 111, and from Mexico on pages 135 to 140. European Americana 583/45; Medina, BHA 278; Sabin 41507. We know of no other copies of this first volume at auction.