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Almeida on Ethiopia and Eritrea 1629

Almeida on Ethiopia and Eritrea 1629
Almeida on Ethiopia and Eritrea 1629
Almeida on Ethiopia and Eritrea 1629
Almeida on Ethiopia and Eritrea 1629

Klubbat för:

12000 SEK

Estimate

15 000-20 000 SEK

Description

ETHIOPIA - ERITREA - CHINA (ALMEIDA, MANUEL DE - DIAZ, EMANUEL - BALDINOTTI, GIULIANO. Lettere dell'Ethiopia dell'anno 1626. fino al marzo del 1627. E della Cina dell'anno 1625. fino al febrato del 1626. Con una breue relatione del viaggio al regno di Tvnqvin, nuauamente scopetto... Roma (appresso l'erede di Bartolomeo Zannetti) 1629.
8:o. (2), 3-133, (3 blank) pp.
Later (20th century) vellum. Some foxing. Library stamp on verso of title "Biblioth. priv. praep. gen. soc. Iesu".
Manuel de Almeida (1580-1646), Jesuit, worked in Ethiopia as ambassador for his order, until the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1633. Emanuel Diaz (1559-1639) served in China, from where fathers Baldinotti and Piani were sent as a mission (probably the first) to Tonkin in 1626.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).

Auktionsnummer:

6142

Date:

2016-06-21