Rerum societate Iesu in oriente gestarum volumen primum. In eo quæ contineantur, sequens pagella demonstrat

by Giovanni Pietro Maffei, Emanuel Acosta

$21,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Small quarto 210 x 150 mm : A-2E⁸ 2F⁴ 2G⁸ 2H²; 238 leaves, ff. 236, 2 index . Early vellum, green edges. Housed in custom blue cloth box. Vellum lightly soiled, covers a little warped and creased, some light foxing intrinsic to the quality of the paper, but an exceptionally good copy. Cloth folding box. Cordier, Japonica 59 listing the contents ; European Americana 573/27 variant imprint; three copies: James Ford Bell, New York Public Library, British Library ; Laures 138 imprint

• Binding: Leather

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