1649 ENGLISH FRANCISCAN WRITINGS antique missionary in Japan India & Morocco

CERTAMEN SERAPHICUM PROVINCIAE
ANGLIAE
Pro Sancta Dei Ecclesia : in Quo Breviter Declaratur, Quomodo Ff. Minores Angli Calamo Et Sanguine Pro Fide Christi Sanctaque Eius Ecclesia certarunt

Duaci: Typis Baltasaris Belleri; 1649

[12 lvs.], 356 pp.

Red morocco ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands decorated in gilt

All edges are gilt.

Marbled endpapers.

Bookplate of A.L. McLaughlin at the back pastedown.

Very good condition except lacking of 5 portraits.

Size 5 3/4 by 7 3/4"

Text in Latin

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Franciscan Friar Richard Mason [name in religion Angelus a Sancto Francisco] (1599/1600-1678).

Originally published in 1636, the work contains a catalogue of the writings of English Franciscans; four martyrs and one confessor

In addition Mason discusses the various aspects of the English Franciscan experience, including martyrdom and the apostolate of the printed word.
The appendix describes missionary works in Japan, India, Morocco, and England.
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