Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(MARIANA ISLANDS.) Aranda, Gabriel de. Vida, y gloriosa muerte del V. Padre Sebastian de Monroy, religioso de la Compañía de Jesus, que murió dilatando la fé alanceado de los barbaros en las Islas Marianas. 2 plates. [20], 408, [12] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum with early red morocco label, moderate wear; recased, endpapers renewed, minimal dampstaining, edges tinted red. Sevilla: López de Haro, 1690
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An important early source on the Spanish Jesuit mission at Guam, east of the Philippines. Father Monroy was martyred in 1686, in retaliation for a Chamorro chief who had been executed by the Spanish. Palau 14941. Provenance: Sotheby's sale, Nov 15, 2007, lot 195; no other copies have been traced at auction.