Relatione della provincia del Giappone, scritta dal padre Antonio Francesco Cardim della Compagnia di Giesu, procuratore di quella Provincia.

All Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Innocentio X. In Roma : nella Stamperia di Andrea Fei, 1645. Duodecimo, contemporary limp vellum ruled and decorated in gilt (recased, some minor restoration to edges, mainly to lower cover), spine with gilt-stamped lettering and decoration; pastedowns renewed; pp. [12], 160; title with woodcut Jesuit device, woodcut initials; contents clean and crisp, a fine example.

First edition of a significant report by the Portuguese Jesuit missionary Antonio Francisco Cardim (1596-1659), procurator of the province of Japan, in which he provides an account of his journey to the East, and news from the missions in Japan – including the persecutions of Christians there – Macao, Tonkin (North Vietnam), Cochinchina (South Vietnam), the island of Hainan, Siam (Thailand), Cambodia, and Laos.

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