Sale: 559 / Rare Books, Nov. 25. 2024 in Hamburg Lot 247


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Prospero Intorcetta
Compendiosa narratione dello stato della missione Cinese, 1672.
Estimate: € 1,800 / $ 1,980
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Prospero Intorcetta
Compendiosa narratione dello stato della missione Cinese. Rom, F. Tizzoni 1672.

Erste Ausgabe der Geschichte der Jesuitenmission in China für den Zeitraum 1581-1669.

Mit einem Augenzeugenbericht über die politischen Hintergründe des Baues der ersten Sternwarte in Peking.

EINBAND: Flexibler Pergamenband d. Zt. 16 : 11 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit Holzschnitt-Titelvignette. - KOLLATION: 126 S., 1 Bl. - ZUSTAND: Erste Bll. im Seitensteg etw. wasserrandig, Innengelenke leicht gelockert. Gutes Exemplar.

LITERATUR: Cordier II, 830. - Lust 818. - De Backer/S. IV.643.7. - Streit V, 2405. - BM STC, Italian Books S. 447.

First edition of a history of the Jesuit mission in China for the period 1581-1669 by the Sicilian friar Intorcetta (1626-1696) with an eyewitness report of the political forces behind the construction of the first observatory in Beijing. Contemp. flexible vellum. - First leaves slightly waterstained, inner hinges a bit loosened, else good copy.(R)





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