Histoire des martyrs du Japon depuis l'an MDCXII, jusques à MDCXX. Et traduite en françois par le P. Pierre Morin.

Sm. 4to: [10]-638 pp.; 2 pl. (table missing = last 30 pp., stains on title, some foxing, 1st pl. part. splitting, sl. browning).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine (worn).

Rare French translation by the Jesuit Morin of the "De Christianis apud Iaponios Triumphis" (1st ed. 1623) by Trigault (1577-1629), an important protagonist of the Catholic missionary effort in Asia, especially in China. It is a work with an edifying rather than historical vocation, but which evokes the fascinating encounter between East and West. Ill. with an engr. title (signed "Van Lochoem fec"), 2 engr. and 3 full-page engr. depicting the various tortures suffered by the missionaries in Japan (one with trace of censorship regarding women nudity).
Ref. DBS VIII:237. - Cordier, Bibliotheca Japonica, 295. - BnF.
Prov. Old ms. entry and libr. stamps.