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INTERESTING FOLDING PLATE SHOWING THE "ELEVATION OF A MERCHANT-SHIP WITH ALL HER MASTS, YARDS, SAILS AND RIGGING"8vo. 2 works in 1 volume. 1) pp. [4], 130, with a folding engraved map of the Aegean sea by Thomas Kitchin and a folding plate of a merchant ship with marine terminology by J. Bayly, both after the author's design. Both plates with early restored tears. Dedication leaf to His Royal Highness Edward, Duke of York. Occasional light age toning. 2) [Bound first] pp. 142, [2], with half-title bearing edition statement ("The Fourth Edition") and final leaf with interesting early publisher's catalogue. Title in red and black, large vignette engraved by Louis Peter Boitard on t-p. Head-and tailpieces. "By Mark Akinside" [sic] on t-p.Contemporary English calf, gilt title to red morocco label. Leather loss at head of spine and light flaws along hinges. Marbled endpapers. Very good condition. Falconer's work is rarely found with the plate of rigging.1) Rare 2nd edition, "corrected and enlarged", of… Read More

RARE JESUIT RELATION FROM C16TH JAPANFROES, Luis. Lettera annua del Giappone dell'anno M.D.XCVIPadua, Appresso Francesco Bolzetta, 1599.FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 124. Woodcut printer's device on -p, initials. Early ms. initials on t-p. Clean and bright throughout, only sporadic worm tracks to the blank margins. C17th limp vellum. An excellent copy.This rare letter of Portuguese Jesuit missionary Froes, dated at Nagasaki December 13, 1596, is addressed to Padre Claudio Acquaviva, General of the Society. It was translated into Italian by another Jesuit, Francesco Mercati. The relation gives a detailed regional description of affairs in Japan in the 1590s, by which time the predominantly Jesuit Christian mission in Japan had made considerable progress. However, the position was one of great uncertainty, for by the mid 1590s, Franciscans had arrived from the Philippines and the Japanese felt that they were preparing the way for the conquest of Japan. Torn between their desire for trade and their distaste of… Read More