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Relatio. Welche Philippo. IV. König in Hispanien, & c. R.P.F. Ioannes de Santander ... durch R.P.F. Alphonsum de Benavides ... vbergeben lassen. ...

Benavides, Alonso, active 1630, Santander, Juan de, -1644 · 1634 · In der ertzbischofflichen Hauptstatt Saltzburg, : durch Christophorum Katzenbergern, hoff-vnd academischen Buchtruckern. · 1 picture

A 1634 German-language report, printed in Salzburg by Christoph Katzenberger, by Franciscan friars Juan de Santander and Alonso de Benavides addressed to King Philip IV of Spain about missions among North American Indians. The single picture is a letterpress title and preface page rather than an illustration, with a large decorative woodcut-style initial 'D' and bold black-letter headings framed by a red-and-black border, useful to a designer for historic German type hierarchy, ornamental initials and the density of early modern book layout.

Franciscans · Missions · Indians of North America

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