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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