Antonio Bosio Author (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. An early record of a Jesuit mission to South-East Asia, including Vietnam (Tonquin and Cocincina), Cambodia, Thailand (Siam), Guangdong (Canton) and Japan. Filippo de Marini (1608-1692) left Rome and embarked in Lisbon in 1640 for his long-term evangelistic mission. By that point, starting from 1639 to be more precise, Japanese ports were already closed for the Portuguese ships. The book was first published in Rome in 1663 in five volumes and had a great success for its great attention to the philosophical ideas of the non-Christian religions. The second Venetian edition was revised with focus on Japan and Vietnam, especially its Northern part Tonquin. Later in 1666 he made a short treatise on baptism in the Tumkinese language. The illustrator of the book Antonio Bosio (ca1575 1629) was a Maltese scholar and author of legendary Roma Sotterranea . In Italian. 2 volumes in 1 book. Complete. In duodecimo. XXIV+640pp. Frontispiece etching, head- and tailpieces, initials. Pages uncut. Few tears and losses on the corners. Water stains and wavings. Vellum binding. Very good condition.…

Condition: Good. Folio. 2 volumes bound in one large in-4 volume (41,4 x 25,5 cm), ; ater green morocco chagrin, spine ribbed, beige parts, speckled edges (modern slipcase). First Parisian edition, rarer and more sought-after than the Roman original of 1651, of Bosio's work, translated into Latin and illustrated by Paul ARINGHI with woodcuts in the text and hors-texte etchings, including the frontispiece, and a folded map representing the plan, the sarcophagi and the decorations of the Christian catacombs of Rome. Ink stains to the browned frontispiece, some freckles and stains, missing and stained title page, frontispiece and folded map rebound, binding rubbed, later endpapers.OCLC Number 836684868 . Provenance: Aristophil Collection.…