VITA R.P. IOSEPHI ANCHIETAE SOCIETATIS IESU SACERDOTIS IN BRASILIA DEFUNCTI.
Berettari, Sabastiano:
Cologne: Johann Kinckius, 1617. 427,[2]pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, morocco spine label gilt. Binding moderately soiled, remnants of two leather ties. Slight age-toning, a few instances of light dampstaining. A very good copy. The second edition of Berettari's life of the Jesuit Joseph Anchieta, following the first Latin edition published the same year in Lyon. Translations into Spanish, French, and Italian appeared in 1618, 1619, and 1621 respectively. Based on the manuscript account of Father Pedro Rodrigues, Visiting Father to Angola and Brazil, this popular biography of the sixteenth-century missionary's experiences in Brazil includes an account of the Jesuits' first mission there. Anchieta, born of Spanish parents in the Canary Islands in 1530, traveled to the New World after his initial training in Jesuit schools, and was a co-founder of both São Paolo in 1554 and Rio de Janeiro in 1565. An energetic missionary, traveler, and author, Anchieta composed works in Spanish, Latin, Portuguese, and Tupi including poetry, dramatical pieces, and Brazilian Indian language grammars as well as prose works on history, philosophy, and religion. He is considered the first Brazilian writer. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 617/20. SABIN 4827. MEDINA (BHA) 652. BORBA DE MORAES, p.99. JCB(3) II:117.
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