Author: Trigault, Nicolas.
Title: DE CHRISTIANIS apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima ibidem contra Christi fidem persecvtione exorta anno MDCXII vsq. ad annvm MDCXX.
Description: Monachii : [Raphael Sadeler], 1623. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [Lacking title page and (illustrated) signatures K3 (pp.75-6), Y1 (pp.169-170), Ff3 (pp.231-232), GG4 (pp.239-240), Oo1 (pp.249-250), Pp2 (pp.299-300), Qq1 (pp.305-306), Rr2-Ss4 (pp.315-326), Tt1 (pp.229-331), Tt3 pp.(333-334), Zz1 pp.(361-362), Mmm4 pp.463-464). Ded. leaf to rear]. Latin text. Dec. initial letters and devices. Some browning, occasional stains, institutional ink stamps to front f.e.p. and ded. leaf, maroon library leather backed cloth boards, ¶ Earliest illustrated account of the Jesuit martyrdoms in Japan, unfortunately lacking all the illustrations and associated text.

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; CHINA, JAPAN AND FAR EAST


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