![A Pearl to India : The Life of Roberto de Nobili Cronin, Vincent [Very Good] [Hardcover]](https://r.kelkoo.com/resize.php?country=ca&merchantId=100567270&categoryId=5101&trackingId=96985762&width=auto&height=auto&image=https%3A%2F%2Fpictures.abebooks.com%2Finventory%2F31316112196.jpg&sign=jaFXcuOGyUATArxmC0GnWzFzG3CCfbrKxmFbXcJrp1Y-)
Some foxing. Foxing and fading to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 297, [3 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 3 plates. 1 full page map. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. Biography of Roberto de Nobili (1577-1656), Jesuit missionary to southern India. ""In 1606 Nobili went to live in Madurai, South India. Here against immense odds he became the first European to learn Sanskrit and to study the Vedas and non-dualist Vedanta. Suspected of 'appeasement' by Europeans, and by the Brahmins of being a Turk in disguise, Nobili single-handed fought a battle to bring Christianity to the Indians on fair terms."" - from dust-jacket blurb. Illustrations: Roberto de Nobili; A Gate-tower of the Madurai temple; The goddess Sarasvati; Tirumala Nayak.
