Description:
Lyon, Jean Pillehotte, 1604.8vo of (2) ll., 953 pp., (47) pp. of table. Few foxing, small wormtrack starting p. 915. Full red morocco, gilt fillets around the covers, ribbed and decorated spine. Elegant binding from the 17th century.
171 x 116 mm.
First edition of the French translation of the most famous work by the Hesuit Jean-Pierre Maffei(1535-1603) "Historiarum Indicarum".
De Backer & Sommervogel, V, col. 299 ; Sabin 43782.
It is one of the earliest missions of Jesuits to the Far East, including the letters and the life of Ignace de Loyola.
The great work of the Italian Jesuit Giovanni Pietro Maffei (1538-1603) about the general history of the Indies, relates the history of the Portuguese Jesuit missions to Brazil, the Indies, Japan and China. It is the first French translation of the work, given by the Perigord canon François Arnault de la Borie.
"Based on primary materials and written in elegant Latin, Maffei's Historiarum Indicarum received an enthusiastic reception all over Europe. The way… Read More