Author: [JAPAN]. PASIO FRANCESCO / COUROS, MATEO DE / RODRIQUES, JOAO GIRAM:
Title: Tre lettere annue del Giappone de gli anni 1603, 1604, 1605, e parte del 1606. Mandate dal P. Francesco Pasio v. prouinciale di quelle parti al M.R.P. Claudio Acquauiua generale della Compagni di Giesu. Milano, Appresso Pietro Martire Locarni, 1609.
Description: . Small 8vo. Pp. 313, table (25). Contemporary vellum, recased with new endpapers. Outer margin of first three leaves nicely restored without any loss of text. Old ownership inscription on title. Second edition, first was published in Rome 1608. Comprises three Jesuit missionary letters sent from Japan. The first is written by Mateo de Couros dated Nagasaki October 6, 1603. He was a Portugese missionary, born in 1568 and left for Japan in 1586 where he seved for many years. The other two letters are written by Joao Rodriquez (1583-1633), also written in Nagasaki (1604-5). He resided in Japan for many years and became a significant missionary who got a deep insight into the Japanese mentality and language. Cordier BJ 251. De Backer-Sommervogel vi, 328. & clns 1578/9 & 1970. Leon Pages, Bibl. Japonaise, 108.

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