[Rarebooks] FS: Comparison of the Catholic faith against Islam. Rome: 1688

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(CATHOLIC CHURCH) Pallavicino, Nicolo Maria. LE MODERNE PROSPERITA DELLA 
CHIESA CATTOLICA CONTRO IL MACCOMETTISMO… Rome: Gio. Giacomo Komarek. 1688. 4to. 
(24),292pp. Cont. vellum, red morocco spine label.     $350.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
The first edition (it was reprinted the same year in Venice, but in a 12mo. 
format) of this study by an Italian Jesuit author who had apparently spent some 
time in the Ottoman Empire. A comparison of Catholic faith and fundamentals 
in opposition to Islam, De Baker & Sommervogel Vol. VI, column 118.

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