(PARAGUAY) Muratori Lodovico Antonio Il Cristianesimo felice

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(PARAGUAY.) Muratori, Lodovico Antonio. Il Cristianesimo felice nelle missioni dé padri della Compagnia di Gesú nel Paraguai. Folding map. [8], 196, xii, 180 pages. 2 volumes in one. 4to, later boards, worn; stain in lower margin of title page, 7-cm repaired tear to map, minor foxing. In a modern cloth tray case. Venice: Pasquali, 1743 and 1749

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first edition of the first impartial history of the Jesuit missions in Paraguay, a popular work which was translated into several languages. The last 18 pages deal with the early missions in Lower California. Usually not seen with both volumes, which were issued six years apart. Borba de Moraes, page II:603; European Americana 743/164, 749/190; Palau 185907 ("Obra estimada por los muchos documentos que encierra . . . de indiscutible valor para el estudio de las misiones"); Sabin 51418.