Relatione di alcune cose cavate dalle lettere scritte ne gli anni 1619. 1620. & 1621. dal Giappone.

Al P. Mutio Vitelleschi preposito generale della Compagnia de Giesu. Rome : heirs of Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1624. Duodecimo, contemporary limp vellum (recased), both covers with double gilt rule and stamped at centre with episcopal coat of arms in gilt, spine with traces of early manuscript shelf markings; pp. 232; title with woodcut Jesuit device, small area of discolouration where possible a stamp was removed; woodcut initial; occasional light spotting, a very good example in its attractive original binding.

First edition of this collection of relations from missionaries in Japan, edited by Pierre d’Avity. It includes Ludovico, Relatione del Giappone dell’anno 1619 (Macao, 1 October 1620); Bonelli, Relatione dell’anno 1620 (Macao, 21 December 1620); Maiorica, Relatione dell’anno 1621 (Macao, 6 October 1622); de Angelis, Relatione del Regno de Jezo (Matzumai, 1622).

Cordier, BJ, 300; Laures, 361; de Backer-Sommervogel I, 388; Streit V, 1328;