Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 138

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(PARAGUAY.) Xarque, Francisco. Insignes missioneros de la Compañía de Jesus en la Provincia del Paraguay. [24], 432 pages plus final blank. 4to, modern calf gilt, minor wear; title page and front free endpaper detached, title a bit worn with tasteful conservation on verso, first 8 preliminary leaves a bit short and possibly supplied, moderate foxing, minor dampstaining, a few side-notes cropped; unidentified bookplate on front pastedown. Pamplona: Micón, 1687
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"A classic and very rare work. The third part includes a description of the reducción system and the war against the Portuguese on the island of San Gabriel"--Borba de Moraes, page II:947. European Americana 687/147; Medina, BHA 1808; Palau 123233; Sabin 105716.