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RHODES, Alexandre de Catechismus pro iis, qui volunt suscipere baptismum [...]. Ope sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide in lucem editus [...]. Rome typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide [1651] 4to: 319-[4] pp. (foxing, some quires sl. age-toned, occ. upper margins soiled, occ. marg. dampstaining, wormtrack in some upper margins in 2nd part of the vol.). Mod. mottled leather, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, spr. edges (some sl. rubbing). Very rare first edition of a catechism with parallel text Latin-Annamese by the French Jesuit missonary de Rhodes (1591-1660), who had a great impact on Christianity in Vietnam. De Rhodes is also known for developing the first phonetic and romanised transcription of the Vietname (Annamese) language, the Quốc ngữ. Ref. DBS VI:1719:3. - Cordier, Indosinica, 2938-9. Prov. John Lawson (mod. bookpl.).

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RHODES, Alexandre de Catechismus pro iis, qui volunt suscipere baptismum [...]. Ope sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide in lucem editus [...]. Rome typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide [1651] 4to: 319-[4] pp. (foxing, some quires sl. age-toned, occ. upper margins soiled, occ. marg. dampstaining, wormtrack in some upper margins in 2nd part of the vol.). Mod. mottled leather, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, spr. edges (some sl. rubbing). Very rare first edition of a catechism with parallel text Latin-Annamese by the French Jesuit missonary de Rhodes (1591-1660), who had a great impact on Christianity in Vietnam. De Rhodes is also known for developing the first phonetic and romanised transcription of the Vietname (Annamese) language, the Quốc ngữ. Ref. DBS VI:1719:3. - Cordier, Indosinica, 2938-9. Prov. John Lawson (mod. bookpl.).

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