Regni Chinensis descriptio. Ex varijs authoribus.

Leiden, Elzevier Press, 1639

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12mo: [8]-365-[9] pp. (min. browning).

Contemp. overl. vellum, ink-titled spine with raised bands (traces of ties).

First edition ill. with an engr. title incorporating a map and two full-page woodcut illustrations on recto and verso of one leaf representing male and female costumes. Account of China based on the writings of the Jesuit missionary Nicolas Trigault, published posthumously.
Ref. Willems 486. - Cordier, Sinica, 23. - Rahir 482. - Berghman 1925. - STCN.
Prov. Charles Lebegue (bookpl.). - Ms. entry on title.

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