Christo

Best.-Nr. #[37098] — Lisboa Eugenio Augusto 1831. Contemporary calf spine richly gilt with red morocco title label to spine. With fine engraved folding frontispiece depicting scenes from the lives of Christ and the Virgin the resurrection and two Franciscans kneeling outside the Holy Sepulchre. VIII3083 pp. First published in Lisbon in 1819. - Ample travel-account of the Holy Land by Fr. João. He toured all the major sites in Jerusalem as well as the Sea of Galilee Bethlehem Mt. Zion and a few other places outside the city including a historic survey of the persecution of the religious orders before 1756. - Rare. Rohricht 349. unknown