Lot 308
China.- Trigault (Nicolas) Due Lettere annue della Cina del 1610. e del 1611, first edition, Rome, Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615
Hammer Price: £1,000
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China.- Trigault (Nicolas) Due Lettere annue della Cina del 1610. e del 1611, first edition, woodcut device on title and initials, a little browning, light stain to a few leaves, modern vellum (mottled), spine titled in manuscript, [Cordier BS 808; Löwendahl 55], 8vo, Rome, Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615.
⁂ Detailed reports on Chinese affairs for 1610 and 1611, submitted to the head of the Society of Jesus in Rome by Nicolas Trigault, a Jesuit missionary recently returned from China. The first letter provides a description of the Chinese political situation, the state of the missions, and reports from Beijing and Nanjing; the second has a general report on the mission and a special report from Nanjing. Trigault (1577-1628) reached China in 1611 and remained there until 1613, when he returned to Europe with Matteo Ricci’s journals which he translated and edited for publication in 1615. He returned to China in 1618 and died at Nanjing in 1628.
Description
China.- Trigault (Nicolas) Due Lettere annue della Cina del 1610. e del 1611, first edition, woodcut device on title and initials, a little browning, light stain to a few leaves, modern vellum (mottled), spine titled in manuscript, [Cordier BS 808; Löwendahl 55], 8vo, Rome, Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615.
⁂ Detailed reports on Chinese affairs for 1610 and 1611, submitted to the head of the Society of Jesus in Rome by Nicolas Trigault, a Jesuit missionary recently returned from China. The first letter provides a description of the Chinese political situation, the state of the missions, and reports from Beijing and Nanjing; the second has a general report on the mission and a special report from Nanjing. Trigault (1577-1628) reached China in 1611 and remained there until 1613, when he returned to Europe with Matteo Ricci’s journals which he translated and edited for publication in 1615. He returned to China in 1618 and died at Nanjing in 1628.
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