De Conversione Indorum & Gentilium.
Amsterdam: Johannem Janssonium à Waesberge & Viduam Elizaei Weyerstraet [i.e., Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge and Elizaeus Weyerstraten], 1669. First edition. 4to (8 x 6.38 inches), early calf, painted label to spine, [1-52], [2], [1]-259, [13], 260-265 pages. Autograph titling to the spine. Without the portrait, which is often lacking. Spine and corners somewhat chipped, boards somewhat bowed; a little staining and spotting; in good to very good condition. Item #21147
A posthumous collection of disputations from this leading Dutch Reformed theological scholar, intended to argue for missionary efforts in the Indies and Asia, and “to furnish students with the requisite knowledge of the people of the ‘new world’ ” (Strickland). Strickland, F. C. (2019). [Review of On the Conversion of Indians and Heathens. An Annotated Translation of De conversione Indorum et gentilium (1669) [Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History 290–21], by J. Hoornbeeck, I. Loots, & J. Spaans]. Church History and Religious Culture, 99(3/4), 543–545. Contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to the title page.
Price: $750.00