Cavazzi, Giovanni Antonio.

Folio (293 x 205mm.), engraved frontispiece depicting the Immaculate Conception, one folding map, engraved illustrations in the text, 8 engraved plates (one folding), contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, [Borba de Moraes (1983), p.171], a few small wormholes in first and last few leaves without loss, occasional light browning

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First edition of one of the most important works about the Congo, the result of thirty seven years spent in that country by the Capuchin priest Cavazzi.