Description
hardbound, no dust-jacket, 702pp with index, brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, SCARCE first edition. REFERENCE.
First edition. Made and printed in Great Britain by William Clowes and Sons Ltd., London and Beccles. Frontispiece portrait of Diego Luis de San Vitores. This fascinating story of cross and sword, laid in an extraordinary setting, describes the role of the Jesuits in the Philippines. Their history, as missionaries, educators and colonizers, is so entwined with that of the Islands that onecannot be discussed without the other. This study is profusely illustrated with full-page maps and b/w photographic reproductions of portraits and documents.
