Le istorie delle Indie orientali. Tradotte di latino in lingua toscana da M. Francesco Serdonati Fiorentino. Con una scelta di lettere scritte dell'Indie, fra le quali ve ne sono molto non più stampate, tradotte dal medesimo [...].

4to: [52]-930-[6] pp. (title and p. [4] soiled, marg. dampstaining, occ. upper margins dirty, soiling and occ. sl. spotting).

18th-c. vellum, ink-titled flat spine, red spr. edges.

First Italian translation (1st Latin 1588) by Fr. Serdonati of a work by the Italian Jesuit Maffei (1533-1603) on the Portuguese conquests and the Jesuit stations in India, the East Indies, and the region of the Arabic Sea to about 1557. Book VI deals with China, and book XII is mainly concerned with Japan. The added letters about or from Japan were written between 1549 and 1574. Printer's mark on title.
Ref. EDIT16 28803. - DBS V:299. - Pettas 638. - Cordier, Sinica, 783 and Japonica, 65. - Alden/Landis 589.42. - Sabin 43777. - Borba de Moraes II:10. - Palau 146993. - STC Italy 402. - Cp. Leclerc 370 (Latin ed. 1614). - Not in Adams (Latin ed. only).
Prov. Gio. Fabio (or Fabrizio) Petrogalli (ms. entry). - Ms. note in Italian dated 1874.