SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER - 1506-1552 S. FRANCISCI XAVIERII E Societati IUSV INDIARVM APOSTOLI EPISTOLÆ NOVÆ XVIII Nunc primùm ex autographis par- | tim Hispanicis partim Lusitanicis | Latinitate & luce donatæ | A PIETRO POSSINO eiusdem Soc.- Parisiis: Apud Sebastianvm Cramoisy, Regis & Regina Architypographum, 1661.- 129, [2, 1 br.] p.; 15 cm.- E. Francis Xavier (1506-1552), the Apostle of the Indies, a personal friend of St. Ignatius of Loyola, beatified in 1619 and canonised in 1622, he was the founder of the Society of Jesus; his body is buried in the Church of Bom Jesus in Old Goa where today he is the subject to fervent devotion. The edition includes 18 unpublished xaverian letters, five addressed to king D. João III of Portugal, three to Father Simão Rodrigues de Azevedo (founder of the Company) and the remaining to several recipients. Slightly dusty copy with slight acidity. On the back cover features the following Ex-libris: Ad usum scriptorum Societatis Jesu. Prov. Angl. Entire vellum binding of the time. Sommervogel does not mention this edition.