Außführliche Geschicht der in dem äussersten Welt-Theil gelegenen Japonesischen Kirch,

worinn die glückliche Vertilgung der Abgötterey, Einführung, Fortpflanzung, Verfolgung. Augsburg : Franz Anton Ilger, 1738. Folio, contemporary full calf, ruled in gilt, the upper panel stamped in gilt ‘AD USUM JOSEPHI DE LONDRES C.R.C’, expertly rebacked with new spine to style, in compartments with elaborate gilt tooling and lettering, small wet stamps to first two leaves from the Society of Jesus, Vienna, pp. [xvi]; 534; 559 (in pp. 313 – 320 the pagination is applied to the two columns on each page), nine engraved plates, head- and tail-pieces; pale water stain to lower corner, occasional browning and foxing, a very good copy.

The first German edition of Crasset’s history of the Jesuit Mission in Japan, Histoire de l’eglise du Japon, first published in 1689.

Cordier, BJ, 401; De Backer/Sommervogel II, 1641; Laures 612; Streit VI, 1441