Morocco | San Juan de el Puerto, Mission historial de Marruecos, Seville, 1708, nineteenth-century half calf

Morocco—San Juan del Puerto, Francisco de

Mission historial de Marruecos, en que se trata de los martirios, persecutiones, y trabajos, que han padecido los missioneros... Seville: Francisco Garay, 1708

FIRST EDITION, Folio (293 x 194mm.), engraved frontispiece (with imprint Rome, 1708), title printed in red and black, woodcut initials and tailpieces, nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, marbled edges, Nn1 and Zzz1 torn without loss, last leaf slightly stained, extremities slightly rubbed

The Franciscan priest Francisco San Juan del Puerto describes the Spanish missions to Morocco, but within the context of contemporary Morocco, its geography and topography, the customs and manners of its peoples including the situation of the Jews under the Sultan.