Oct 17, 2017 - Sale 2457

Sale 2457 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 1,690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
COUTO, ANTONIO DE, S.J., editor. Gentilis Angollae fidei mysteriis. Latin, Kimbundu, and Portuguese text in parallel columns. [16], 115, [3] pages. 4to, 213x151 mm, contemporary vellum boards with spine title in ink, spine reinforced with strip of manuscript vellum, early notations in ink on front cover, hinges partly cracked; occasional toning, light dampstain on leaf after title, stain in blank outer margins toward end, front free endpaper lacking. Contemporary inscription on title of Fra Girolamo da Fiorenza, Capuchin apostolic missionary in the Congo, his(?) manuscript Italian-Portuguese glossary on the endleaves, and hand-drawn wind roses on the rear endpapers. Rome: typis S. Congreg. de Propaganda Fide, 1661

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first edition in latin of the first catechism for the Kimbundu-speaking population of Angola, also reprinting the Kimbundu text and Portuguese translation originally published together in 1642. Streit-Dindinger XVI, 5039 and 3643 note.