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 blind’, expertly recased, contemporary shelf mark (from the Sir Thomas Phillips collection?) and later library label from the Museum Francisco-Carolinum to front pastedown, 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 401. De Backer/Sommervogel II, 1641, Laures 612. Streit VI, 1441