Lot 188
Japan & China.- Jesuits.- Valignani (Alessandro) Lettera del p. Alessandro Valignano. Visitatore della Compagnia di Giesù nel Giappone e nella Cina [& Sopplimento dell'Annua 1600], first edition, Rome, Luigi Zannetti, 1603.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Japan & China.- Jesuits.- Valignani (Alessandro) Lettera del p. Alessandro Valignano. Visitatore della Compagnia di Giesù nel Giappone e nella Cina de' 10. d'Ottobre del 1599 [& Sopplimento dell'Annua 1600], first edition, 2 parts in 1, collation: A-E8 F12, final f. blank, title to each part with woodcut device, woodcut tail-piece and floriated initials, foxing and light browning, recently bound in old vellum, soiled and worn, [Cordier, Japonica p.235], 8vo (155 x 104mm.), Rome, Luigi Zannetti, 1603.
⁂ Rare first edition of these two hugely important letters from the Jesuit missions in Japan, sent in the crucial period after the death of Hideyoshi during the instability before the victory of Ieyasu at Sekigahara. The book comprises two letters, the first sent in 1599 by Valignano (pp.3-40), the second in 1601 by Valentim Carvalho (pp.41-102). Both report on the changing political conditions in Japan following Hideyoshi’s death in 1598.
Description
Japan & China.- Jesuits.- Valignani (Alessandro) Lettera del p. Alessandro Valignano. Visitatore della Compagnia di Giesù nel Giappone e nella Cina de' 10. d'Ottobre del 1599 [& Sopplimento dell'Annua 1600], first edition, 2 parts in 1, collation: A-E8 F12, final f. blank, title to each part with woodcut device, woodcut tail-piece and floriated initials, foxing and light browning, recently bound in old vellum, soiled and worn, [Cordier, Japonica p.235], 8vo (155 x 104mm.), Rome, Luigi Zannetti, 1603.
⁂ Rare first edition of these two hugely important letters from the Jesuit missions in Japan, sent in the crucial period after the death of Hideyoshi during the instability before the victory of Ieyasu at Sekigahara. The book comprises two letters, the first sent in 1599 by Valignano (pp.3-40), the second in 1601 by Valentim Carvalho (pp.41-102). Both report on the changing political conditions in Japan following Hideyoshi’s death in 1598.
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