CHINA. RICCI, MATTEO - TRIGAULT, NICOLAS (ed.). De christiana expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societati Jesu, ex p. Matthaei Riccii... Libri V... In quibus Sinensis regni mores, leges atque instituta,& novae illius ecclesiae difficillima primordia accuratè & summa fide describuntur. Auctore p. Nicolai Trigautio Belga... Editio recens ab eodem auctore multis in locis aucta & recognita. Lugduni (sumptibus Horatii Cardon [ex typographeio Ioannis Iullieron]) 1616. Small 4:o. (16, including engraved title), 1-628, (10, last blank) pp. Engraved title (incorporating Ricci's map of China), 1 folding woodcut plan. Contemporary vellum gilt, slightly worn, lacks ties, gilt spine with manuscript title, all edges gilt. Minor foxing. Signature of L. Bosch on inside of upper cover. China Illustrata Nova, 57. Second edition (for first edition see 54). From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013). Photo.
CHINA. RICCI, MATTEO - TRIGAULT, NICOLAS (ed.). De christiana expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societati Jesu, ex p. Matthaei Riccii... Libri V... In quibus Sinensis regni mores, leges atque instituta,& novae illius ecclesiae difficillima primordia accuratè & summa fide describuntur. Auctore p. Nicolai Trigautio Belga... Editio recens ab eodem auctore multis in locis aucta & recognita. Lugduni (sumptibus Horatii Cardon [ex typographeio Ioannis Iullieron]) 1616. Small 4:o. (16, including engraved title), 1-628, (10, last blank) pp. Engraved title (incorporating Ricci's map of China), 1 folding woodcut plan. Contemporary vellum gilt, slightly worn, lacks ties, gilt spine with manuscript title, all edges gilt. Minor foxing. Signature of L. Bosch on inside of upper cover. China Illustrata Nova, 57. Second edition (for first edition see 54). From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013). Photo.
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