[16], 402, [3] pp. (8vo) 14.5x9 cm (5¾x3½"), period thin vellum. A scarce work detailing travels and history in Japan to an early German audience, being the first German edition of the extensive report of the great Jesuit Japanese mission of the years 1577-81, with letters by Frois, F. Cabral, F. Carrion, G. de Cespedes, and others. OCLC lists 11 copies, locating 10 of them, 4 in the United States. Bookplate of Oscar Münsterberg. Rubberstamp "Printed in Germany" at foot of title page. The title continues: .../ theils in Politischen vnnd Weltlichen theils auch in Gaistlichen sachen / zugetragen. In etlichen vnderschidlichen Missiuen vnnd Sendschreiben der Ehwurdigen Herrn von der Societet Iesv / aus gemelter Insel Jappon / an ihren Generalen vnnd andere der Societet verwandten / in Europam gethan/ordenlich verfasset vnnd begriffen.
[16], 402, [3] pp. (8vo) 14.5x9 cm (5¾x3½"), period thin vellum. A scarce work detailing travels and history in Japan to an early German audience, being the first German edition of the extensive report of the great Jesuit Japanese mission of the years 1577-81, with letters by Frois, F. Cabral, F. Carrion, G. de Cespedes, and others. OCLC lists 11 copies, locating 10 of them, 4 in the United States. Bookplate of Oscar Münsterberg. Rubberstamp "Printed in Germany" at foot of title page. The title continues: .../ theils in Politischen vnnd Weltlichen theils auch in Gaistlichen sachen / zugetragen. In etlichen vnderschidlichen Missiuen vnnd Sendschreiben der Ehwurdigen Herrn von der Societet Iesv / aus gemelter Insel Jappon / an ihren Generalen vnnd andere der Societet verwandten / in Europam gethan/ordenlich verfasset vnnd begriffen.
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