Lettera annale portata di Novo di Giapone da i Signori Ambasciatori delle cose iui successe l’anno MDLXXXII

by Gaspar Coelho

$11,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Rare early edition of this Jesuit letter containing news of missions and activity in Japan from the year 1582, the only edition (of five printed that year) to contain a title-page advertising the famous Japanese embassy of 1584-86. Significantly, the work also discusses the embassy, naming the participants and their..... More

• Binding: Leather

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.