Histoire de la Chine sous la domination des Tartares [...].

8vo: [16]-352 pp. (map missing as often, some browning and dampstaining).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine (sm. def. on lower corner).

First edition of this rare work by the French Jesuit missionary Gerslon (1618-1696) sent to China in 1657. After learning the Chinese and Manchu languages he went to the Province of Kiang-si recounting the beginnings of the Manchu Qing dynasty where he remained, engaged in his missionary labours, until 1670.
Ref. Cordier, Sinica, I:628. - DBS III:1738.
Prov. Stamps. - "Novitiate Rothomagensis Soc. Jesu." (ms. entry on title).