‎ALVAREZ, LUDOVICO.‎
‎Sacrarum Literarum in Conimbricensi Collegio olim professoris Ioseph Rachelis Filius Illustratus, Illustrissimo & Reverendissimo Domino, D.Ludovico de Souza.‎

‎Lyon, Laurentii Arnaud & Petri Borde, 1675. Folio. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities. Corners bumped with some loss of leather. A few scratches and holes to boards. Title-page slightly browned and a few stains on first leaves. Two worm-tracts to outer margin of last leaves, not affecting text, otherwise internally nice and clean. (26), 600, (138) pp.‎

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‎Rare first edition of Jesuit Alvarez’ religious commentary dedicated to Luís de Souza, a Portuguese monk and author. On his way to Malta he was captured at sea by pirates and taken prisoner to Argel, where he met Cervantes. A year later he was ransomed and landing on the coast of Aragon passed through Valencia, where he meet the poet Jaime Falcão.‎