1708 HISTORY of CHRISTIAN MISSIONS in MOROCCO by FRANCISCO PUERTO antique

[Travel/ Morocco] FRANCISCO DE SAN JUAN DEL PUERTO (FRANCISCO DE JESUS MARIA)MISSION HISTORIAL DE MARRVECOS, en que se trata de los martirios, persecuciones, y trabajos, que han padecido los missionarios, y frutos que han cogido las missiones, que desde sus principios tuvo la Orden Seraphica en el imperio de Marruecos, y continua la provincia de San Diego de Franciscos Descalcos de Andalucia en el mismo imperioSeville: Francisco Garay; 1708FIRST and ONLY EDITIONSize 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (26.67 x 19.69 cm.) 829 pp. With 'Tabla' and 'Indice' at end. Bound in red calf, including finely engraved frontispiece, title page with floral border in black and redFirst edition of an account of Christian missions in Morocco, detailing their experience, persecution, with observations of Moroccan cultural practices.Wear to binding, index pages with restoration; frontispiece re-backed; owner's ink signature to front pastedown and back of flyleaf; single wormhole through the textText in SpanishProvenanceE