Lot 92 , Robert Southey copy. Dellon, Gabriel Relation de lInquisition de Goa,

Robert Southey copy. Dellon, Gabriel Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa, 12mo, rebound 17th century style calf, . 1st French edition, engraved vignette on the title page, and a woodcut of an examination in progress on page 1; six engraved plates, of which three are folding. Daniel Horthemels, Paris, 1688
Robert Southey copy, inscribed, dated 1801, with Southey bookplate, engraved by Thomas Bewick.

NOTE The author was a French physician imprisoned in Goa by the Inquisition. He was sentenced to a galley ship, later returning to France where he published the account of his ordeal. A scarce glimpse into the workings of the Inquisition, and of Goan history and culture. In French. This title placed on the Index of Prohibited Books in 1690

Estimate £200-300


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Sold for £300