Lettere annue del Giappone, China, Goa, et Ethiopia. Scritte al M.R.P. Generale della Compagnia di Giesù. Da Padri dell’istessa Compagnia ne gli anni 1615. 1616. 1617. 1618. 1619.

A$12,500 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Volgarizati dal P. Lorenzo delle Pozze della medesima Compagnia . In Napoli : per Lazaro Scoriggio, 1621. Small octavo, sumptuous modern binding of red calf ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt decoration and lettering, gilt dentelles; pp. 404, [3], [1 blank]; title with woodcut Jesuit device; a fine copy. An important collection of Jesuit missionaries annual letters from Japan, China (including Macao), Goa, and Ethiopia, for the years 1615-1619, containing a wealth of information about recent events and the progress of the missions in each location. Among the letter writers are Ivan Vremàn (Japan), Camillo Costanzo (Japan), Gasparo Luis (Goa), Pietro Paez (Ethiopia), Michele della Pace (Ethiopia), Francesco Viera (China), Alfonso Vagnone (China), Antonio di Sousa (Macao), and Francesco Eugenio (Macao). The Italian translation was done by Lorenzo delle Pozze. This is the more complete of the two Italian editions of 1621. Cordier, BJ , 288-9; De Backer II, 2141 ( Cette édition est plus complète que l autre referring to the Milan edition of the same year). No sale record on Rare Book Hub since 1924.

• Binding: Hardcover

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