Relatione della provincia del Giappone, scritta dal padre Antonio Francesco Cardim della Compagnia di Giesu, procuratore di quella Provincia.

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All Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Innocentio X. In Roma : nella Stamperia di Andrea Fei, 1645. Duodecimo, contemporary limp vellum ruled and decorated in gilt (recased, some minor restoration to edges, mainly to lower cover), spine with gilt-stamped lettering and decoration; pastedowns renewed; pp. [12], 160; title with woodcut Jesuit device, woodcut initials; contents clean and crisp, a fine example. First edition of a significant report by the Portuguese Jesuit missionary Antonio Francisco Cardim (1596-1659), procurator of the province of Japan, in which he provides an account of his journey to the East, and news from the missions in Japan including the persecutions of Christians there Macao, Tonkin (North Vietnam), Cochinchina (South Vietnam), the island of Hainan, Siam (Thailand), Cambodia, and Laos. Cordier, BJ , 359

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