Year/Century: 17th century
Language: French
Subject: Illustrated
Binding: Vellum
Description: LA PORTE OUVERTE, POUR VÉRIFICATION DU PAGANISME CACHE. OU LA VRAYE REPRESENTATION DE LA VIE, DES MOEURS, DE LA RELIGION, & DU SERVICE DIVIN DES BRAMINES, QUI DEMEURENT SUR LES COSTES DE CHORMANDEL, & AUX PAYS CIRCONVOISINS [...]. EN... by Abraham ROGERIUS, Amsterdam, 1670 - Th. Lagrue (1620-1680), a physician, grammarian, and linguist, published a study on Indian religious rites and the religion of witchcraft in its first French edition. 7 by 9" [16 including the etched title] in size-371-[4] pages. ; 1 pl. (title etched before page 1) A frontispiece, one folding plate, three full-page, and two in-text illustrations are included as illustrations. Complete vellum, light soiling, excellent interior save for a faded dampstain in a few pages' top corners Title in manuscript on the spine. Beginning in 1633, Dutch preacher Roger served as a chaplain to the Tamil community in Pulicat, the Dutch Coromandel capital. He studied Hinduism and, in particular, the beliefs of the Brahmins, who belong to the Varna social class and are made up of priests and spiritual leaders. - Prov. Dr. R. Germain (mod. bookpl.). - StCN. - Ref. Caillet 9560. - Dorbon 4208.
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