Lettere annue del Giappone dell’anno MDCXXII. e della Cina del 1621. & 1622.

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Al molto rev. in Christo P. Mutio Vitelleschi Preposito Generale della Compagnia di GIESU . Rome : Francesco Corbelletti, 1627. Octavo, contemporary limp vellum, spine with early manuscript lettering, and with old repair to lower section; pp. 312, title with woodcut Jesuit device, woodcut initial; scattered foxing and occasional staining. First edition of this collection of letters by Jesuit missionaries in Japan and China. It includes three letters from China, including one by Nicolas Trigault (Hangchow, 1621) which reports on the advance of the Manchus in northern China, the capture of Liaotung, the threat to Peking, and the outbreak of local rebellions against the young Ming emperor; another by Alvarez Semedo (Nanjing, June 1623) which comments on the unfolding of these events; and one by Girolamo Maiorca (Macao, September 1623). Cordier, BJ 293, BS 814; Carayon, 875

• Binding: Hardcover

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