TRIGAULT, Nicolas (1577-1628). Regni Chinensis descriptio. Ex varijs authoribus . Leiden: Elzevir, 1639.
TRIGAULT, Nicolas (1577-1628). Regni Chinensis descriptio. Ex varijs authoribus . Leiden: Elzevir, 1639. 16° (109 x 55 mm). Engraved title-page incorporating map; two woodcut illustrations on recto and verso of one leaf, respectively. Contemporary mottled calf gilt (rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance : “Ex Bibliotheca Majoris Seminarii Constantiensis” (ink library stamp on first page of dedication obscuring text somewhat). FIRST EDITION. “Extracts, largely from Trigault, De regno Chinae , also from Marco Polo, etc. on China in general” (Lust). Cordier Sinica I, 23; Lust 69; Pei-t'ang 2995; Willems 486.
TRIGAULT, Nicolas (1577-1628). Regni Chinensis descriptio. Ex varijs authoribus . Leiden: Elzevir, 1639.
TRIGAULT, Nicolas (1577-1628). Regni Chinensis descriptio. Ex varijs authoribus . Leiden: Elzevir, 1639. 16° (109 x 55 mm). Engraved title-page incorporating map; two woodcut illustrations on recto and verso of one leaf, respectively. Contemporary mottled calf gilt (rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance : “Ex Bibliotheca Majoris Seminarii Constantiensis” (ink library stamp on first page of dedication obscuring text somewhat). FIRST EDITION. “Extracts, largely from Trigault, De regno Chinae , also from Marco Polo, etc. on China in general” (Lust). Cordier Sinica I, 23; Lust 69; Pei-t'ang 2995; Willems 486.
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