Außführliche Geschicht der in dem äussersten Welt-Theil gelegenen Japonesischen Kirch,

A$1,850 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

worinn die glückliche Vertilgung der Abgötterey, Einführung, Fortpflanzung, Verfolgung. Augsburg : Franz Anton Ilger, 1738. Folio, contemporary full calf, ruled in gilt, the upper panel stamped in gilt AD USUM JOSEPHI DE LONDRES C.R.C , expertly rebacked with new spine to style, in compartments with elaborate gilt tooling and lettering, small wet stamps to first two leaves from the Society of Jesus, Vienna, pp. [xvi]; 534; 559 (in pp. 313 320 the pagination is applied to the two columns on each page), nine engraved plates, head- and tail-pieces; pale water stain to lower corner, occasional browning and foxing, a very good copy. The first German edition of Crasset s history of the Jesuit Mission in Japan, Histoire de l eglise du Japon , first published in 1689. Cordier, BJ , 401; De Backer/Sommervogel II, 1641; Laures 612; Streit VI, 1441

• Binding: Hardcover

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