Relatione della nuova Missione delli Padri della Compagnia di Giesù, al regno della Cocincina

by Cristoforo Vietnam. Borri, S. J.

$10,500 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition

FIRST EDITION. Bound in early 20th c. stiff parchment, ruled in red, with elegant pen-work in red and black on the spine. A nice copy, perhaps lightly washed. With woodcut arms of the dedicatee, Pope Urban VIII, with the Barberini arms, on p. 3. FIRST EDITION of this important account of Vietnam, the first report on Vietnam written by a European. Written from the author’s own experiences during his residence

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