Avvisi della Cina, et Giapone del fine dell’anno 1587.

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Con l arrivo de Signori Giapponesi nell India. Cavati dalle lettere della Compagnia di Giesù. Ricevute il mese d Ottobre 1588. Con licentia de superiori. In Venetia, appresso i Gioliti. 1588. Small octavo (160 x 105 mm), modern quarter red morocco over marbled papered boards, spine with raised bands and lettered in gilt AVVISI DELLA CINA ; new endpapers; [3], 4-64 pp.; occasional and very light marginal spotting, a very good copy with ample margins. Contains letters written by Jesuit missionaries in China (including Alessandro Valignano and Antonio d Almeida) and Japan (Luís Fróis and Pedro Gomez); with a report on the arrival at Goa of the Japanese Tenshō embassy. Cordier, Japonica , col. 107

• Binding: Hardcover

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