JARRIC, Pierre du, *Thesaurus Rerum Indicarum*.

Thesaurus Rerum Indicarum.

In which the works of the Portuguese, recently discovered, concerning the Christian and Catholic religion both in East India and in other regions, are presented, along with their origins and progress. The achievements—and especially those carried out by the Society of Jesus there in the establishment and propagation of the said Faith up to the year 1600—are recorded here, as truthfully as elegantly. In addition, there are various chorographic and historical descriptions of those regions and their surroundings. This work has now been translated into Latin for the first time by M. Martin Martinez of France. Cologne, 1615. Published by Peter Henning. (17 x 10.5 cm), fol. [9], p. 808, fol. [12], copperplate frontispiece, woodcut vignettes and decorative initials, contemporary parchment binding. 
The second volume of a four-volume work describing the development and spread of the Christian and Catholic religions in the East Indies and other countries discovered by the Portuguese, with particular emphasis on the activities of the Jesuits. This volume contains accounts of Brazil, India, Persia, and Ormuz, as well as descriptions of conflicts between the Portuguese and the Turks. Much space is devoted to the Jesuits, their interactions with the local population, conversions, religious and political conflicts, and everyday events in the colonies. Pierre de Jarric (1566–1617)—a French Jesuit, philosopher, theologian, and historian. He was not a missionary himself—he compiled and organized the accounts of other Jesuits. Significant losses in the binding, a signature, and a handwritten note on the front endpaper and title page; browning on the pages; rust-colored spots in places; errors in pagination.