Kavel 1108
1108
CHINA -- (GONZALEZ DE MENDOZA, J.). Histoire du grand royaume de la Chine, situe aux Indes Orientales (...). (Followed by:) Description du grand et renommé royaume de la Chine. (Geneva), J. Arnaud, 1606. (22), 419, (49); 26 pp. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Covers reused vellum and old writing still visible, lacking front flyleaf, manuscript dates and name on title-p. and last fly-leaf, some faint stains, sl. foxing throughout).
Fourth French edition of 'Historia de las cosas mas notables y costumbres del gran reyno de la China' (first published in Spanish, 1585), the first serious survey of China. "This work is mainly a compilation from the narratives of Gaspar de Cruz, Martin de Rada (Herrada), and Pedro de Alforo, missionaries, to which is added the Itinerary of Father Martin Ignaxio" (Cox I, p. 322). The sixth book contains the Itineraire du Nouvveau Monde by Ignacio de Loyola (d. 1606). According to Ortelius, the final part concerning China, provided him with more information than any other single treatise. - Cordier, Sinica I, p. 13; Brunet, II, 1662; Palau 105510; Sabin 27780.€ 500
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