MURATORI (Lodovico Antonio).
Il Cristianesimo Felice
With the fine book plates of Lord Northbrook, and Francis le Buchauan, plus the ink ownership inscription of Arthur Helps to ffep.
This copy is not accompanied by the supplementary volume published in 1749. “A work esteemed for the many documents which it contains. We do not know whether Padre Muratori resided in the Indies, nevertheless his conscientious work as historian gave him a knowledge of the multitude of documents transcribed in this work which, apart from his slightly impassioned viewpoint, are of indisputable value in the study of the Paraguayan missions” (Palau). Sabin, 51419; Palau, 185907.
