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BELLARMINUS, R.F.R.

Doctrina christiana (...) nunc primum ex Italico idiomate in Arabicum (...) translata Per Victorium Scialac (...) & Gabrielem Sionitam (...

Rome
Stephanus Pualinus
1613

€600 - €900

8vo, [xvi], 171, [3] pp, printed from back to front, parallel Arabic and Latin text within rule-borders, woodcut arms of Pope Paul V on verso of title, engraved coat-of-arms on [*]viii recto. Some light foxing and wormhole in the inner margin, some pale damp staining. Contemporary vellum binding

Rare first edition of the Arabic translation of this very popular catechismus that was first published in Italian in 1603.
Ref. Graesse I, p.326: ""Ce volume rare, qui donne l'arabe ponctué, est le premier publié avec les beaux caractères de Savary"". (""Aucun livre, à l'exception de la Bible et de L'Imitation de Jesus Christ. n'a été traduit en autant de langues"" [Graesse])

Catholic devotion