Sale: 559 / Rare Books, Nov. 25. 2024 in Hamburg Lot 424000560

 

424000560
Prospero Intorcetta
Compendiosa narratione dello stato della missione Cinese, 1672.
Estimate: € 1,800 / $ 1,980
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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)




424000560
Prospero Intorcetta
Compendiosa narratione dello stato della missione Cinese, 1672.
Estimate: € 1,800 / $ 1,980
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.