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RECENTISSIMA DE AMPLISSIMO REGNO CHINAE. Item de Satu Rei Christianae Apud Magnum Regem Mogor. Et de Morte Taicosamae Japoniorum Monarchae
by [Jesuit Letters], Longobardi, Nicolň.; Busaeus, Johannes.; Gómez, Pedro., and others [Missions, Early Missionary Travels]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Moguntiae(Mainz): Ioannis Albini, 1601. First edition of this Latin translation by J. Buys of several Jesuit letters from the east. With engraved titlepage featuring a large woodcut and engraved tail-piece and headlines. 8vo, in later but correct period style full speckled calf, the spine with gilt ruled raised bands and a red morocco label lettered and ruled in gilt, edges dyed. [iv], 132 pp. A fine copy in excellent state of preservation, the paper fresh and very clean, the binding also in fine condition. VERY SCARCE EDITION OF THESE JESUIT LETTERS ON CHINA AND JAPAN. We know of no other copies currently on the market and OCLC lists fewer then 15 copies in libraries world-wide. Includes a letter from Francisco Pasio, dated October 1598 from Nagasaki reporting the death of the great ruler of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the most remarkable men in Japanese history.
Published in Italian, also in 1601.
Published in Italian, also in 1601.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23501
- Title
- RECENTISSIMA DE AMPLISSIMO REGNO CHINAE. Item de Satu Rei Christianae Apud Magnum Regem Mogor. Et de Morte Taicosamae Japoniorum Monarchae
- Author
- [Jesuit Letters], Longobardi, Nicolň.; Busaeus, Johannes.; Gómez, Pedro., and others [Missions, Early Missionary Travels]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ioannis Albini
- Place of Publication
- Moguntiae(Mainz)
- Date Published
- 1601
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Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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