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15854676Venice: I Gioliti 1585. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 103 pp. Bound in old vellum. Discrete former ownership stamp on title. Gutter margin of title reinforced; inconsequential toning otherwise excellent. Rare early edition of this Jesuit letter containing news of missions and activity in Japan from the year 1582 the only edition of 5 printed that year to contain a title-page advertising the famous Japanese embassy of 1584-86. Significantly the work also discusses the embassy the participants and their noble lineage and expresses the hope that the embassy will prove a convincing sign of the Jesuit's spectacular success in Japan p. 7. The present imprint of this edition comprises the first entry in Boscaro's bibliography of printed works related to the embassy. It thus stands at the head of nearly 50 works printed in 1585 alone to record and commemmorate an event that-in addition to providing a public relations coup for the Jesuits-became a watershed moment in cross-cultural exchange between the Orient and the West: "no Japanese emissaries to Europe either before or since aroused comparable interest or enthusiasm" Lach. In the annals of international relations between Europe and Japan in the 16th C it is particularly noteworthy "how the physical presence of the Japanese in Europe stimulated an unexpected number of typographical presentations" Boscaro of which this particular Gioliti edition with the titlepage advertising the embassy-Portata de Novo Dal Giapone Dai Signori Ambasciatori-is the very first. Boscaro notes that there were four other editions of Coehho's letter published in Italy in 1585 around the time the embassy arrived in Venice on June 25 including another by Gioliti but none of these uses the embassy as a way to market itself.The report itself is also a significant document of the embassy's genesis: Coelho composed it in February 1582 the month that the embassy of four Japanese Christian converts departed from Nagasaki. In it he describes the ongoing missionary activity across the country: e.g. in Hirado Amasuka Bungo and especially Funai Oita City the home of a thriving Jesuit college. Presumably the contents of this letter as the title suggests were "brought from Japan by the eminent ambassadors" as the latest news on the Jesuits current success in that faraway land.Though the embassy did not reach Lisbon until August 1584 it eventually was as Coelho had hoped a resounding success: from 1584-86 the four young Japanese nobles were the object of intense curiosity wherever they traveled and they were treated to lavish receptions in Lisbon Madrid Florence Rome Venice and other cities throughout Catholic Europe.OCLC: Cornell NYPL HU and Newberry. Boscaro 1; Alt-Japan 812; Sommervogel II.1267; Cordier 78; Laures 169; Pagès 22; Lach I.2.690. I Gioliti hardcover books
174258186Paris: Nicolas Le Clerc 1742. First edition 12mo pp. 2 xxviii 442 8; two engraved folding maps and 5 plates; contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spine in six compartments marbled edges and endpapers red morocco label; spine chipped front endpaper lifting ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library Guelph Ont. closed in 1971 with labels and a bookplate on upper pastedown stamp on title page and call number on spine one folding map torn at fold good and sound. Volume XII contains letters on: Missions to South America Chiquites Brazil Uruguay with folding map of the Moxos plains Bolivia; Missions among the Iroquois; engraved portraits of a missionary to India a Brahman Indian prince and Catherine Tekakwitha the first Native American Saint; observations on Chinese costume and porcelain; costumes and travel of the Amazon with folding map of the river; and a description of Ganjam India with a map of the river and town. One volume of the 34-volume collection of Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1703-1776. "These volumes issued regularly by the Society of Jesus presented selections from correspondence and reports written by Jesuit missionaries then scattered around the globe" and reflected "the continued interest in France in the progress of the Jesuit missions in various parts of the world. The termination of the series reflects the suppression of the Society of Jesus by papal decree" James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. The letters included often provided observations on local ethnography and sociology. Howes L 299; James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. <br/><br/> Nicolas Le Clerc unknown books
172658187Paris: Nicolas Le Clerc 1726. First edition 12mo pp. xxxiv 2 446 14; contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments red stained edges; spine label perished boards rubbed and upper hinge starting; ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library Guelph Ont. closed in 1971 with labels and a bookplate on upper pastedown and shelf label on spine good and sound. Volume XVII contains letters on: Letters from Dominique Parennin on his work in China recounting the conversion of the imperial princes; missionary work in Southeast China Macao and Fokien; Chinese interest in Western medicine and the Tartar language; work with the Abenakis in the American Northeast including war with the English by Sebastien Rasles along with an account of his death; and description and uses of Chinese rhubarb. One volume of the 34-volume collection of Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1703-1776. "These volumes issued regularly by the Society of Jesus presented selections from correspondence and reports written by Jesuit missionaries then scattered around the globe" and reflected "the continued interest in France in the progress of the Jesuit missions in various parts of the world. The termination of the series reflects the suppression of the Society of Jesus by papal decree" James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. Collectively they provided some of the most thorough reporting on China in particular to Western audiences of the period. Howes L 299; James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. <br/><br/> Nicolas Le Clerc hardcover books
171158188Paris: Nicolas Le Clerc 1711. First edition 12mo pp. 24 431 11; contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments red stained edges; spine label perished boards rubbed and upper board starting upper pastedown lifting ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library Guelph Ont. closed in 1971 with labels and a bookplate on upper pastedown and shelf label on spine text clean good and sound. Volume IX contains letters on: "Oracles of the demons of the Indies"; missions to Madure; The death of Father Broissia in China; observations on the English in Peking; etc. One volume of the 34-volume collection of Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1703-1776. "These volumes issued regularly by the Society of Jesus presented selections from correspondence and reports written by Jesuit missionaries then scattered around the globe" and reflected "the continued interest in France in the progress of the Jesuit missions in various parts of the world. The termination of the series reflects the suppression of the Society of Jesus by papal decree" James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. Collectively they provided some of the most thorough reporting on China in particular to Western audiences of the period. Howes L 299; James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. <br/><br/> Nicolas Le Clerc hardcover books
174158184Paris: Le Mercier & Boudet 1741. First edition 12mo pp. xxxii 8 486 2; contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments morocco labels in 2 red speckled edges; ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library Guelph Ont. closed in 1971 with labels and a bookplate on upper pastedown and shelf label on spine light wear to boards very good. Volume XXV contains letters on: Missions to Paraguay including comment on the language of the Chiquites; Nicobar and Carnate India; Vietnam; trials of the Missionairies to China; and the revolutions of Thamas Koulikan Nadir Shah of Iran. One volume of the 34-volume collection of Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1703-1776. "These volumes issued regularly by the Society of Jesus presented selections from correspondence and reports written by Jesuit missionaries then scattered around the globe" and reflected "the continued interest in France in the progress of the Jesuit missions in various parts of the world. The termination of the series reflects the suppression of the Society of Jesus by papal decree" James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. Howes L 299; James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. <br/><br/> Le Mercier & Boudet hardcover books
171358185Paris: Jean Barbou 1713. First edition 12mo pp. 32 439 9; two folding plates; contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spine in six compartments red speckled edges; upper joint cracked spine chipped and label perished ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library Guelph Ont. closed in 1971 with labels and a bookplate on upper pastedown stamp on title page and call number on spine good. Volume X contains letters on: Missions to the southeast of India and the Philippines; troubles of the missionaries to China including a folding plate of a Chinese inscription "in the Emperor's hand"; a letter on the properties of ginseng with folding plate; a biography of P. Cyprien Baraze missionary to the West Indies including an interesting description of the Moxos Indians; missions to Canada including mores and customs of the native people; the islands of Archipel Syphanto Serpho Thermia & Andros Greece. One volume of the 34-volume collection of Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1703-1776. "These volumes issued regularly by the Society of Jesus presented selections from correspondence and reports written by Jesuit missionaries then scattered around the globe" and reflected "the continued interest in France in the progress of the Jesuit missions in various parts of the world. The termination of the series reflects the suppression of the Society of Jesus by papal decree" James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. Collectively they provided some of the most thorough reporting on China in particular to Western audiences of the period. Howes L 299; James Ford Bell Catalogue L-368. <br/><br/> Jean Barbou unknown books
164681570Romae: Ex Typographia Reu. Camerae Apost 1646. 8p. Softcover pamphlet. 21 cm. Disbound removed from a bound volume. Small Yale library stamp overstamped with "discard" at base of title-page. Minor browning. Good. Latin text. <br/><br/> Ex Typographia Reu. Camerae Apost paperback books
1769WRCAM47366Madrid 1769. Three parts in two volumes. 4156; 4144; 4140pp. Small quarto. Contemporary Spanish calf spines gilt leather labels. Corners bumped on first volume. Minor foxing and soiling a few contemporary notations. Very good. The first three in a series of five separately issued parts of the COLECCION GENERAL. In 1767 Charles III convinced they were conspiring against his authority expelled all the Jesuits from within his dominions. In Spain alone 6000 Jesuits were marched to the coast and deported to the Papal States. These volumes contain the orders of expulsion and confiscation of the Society's property and provide a list of the names and locations of all their colleges and religious houses in Spain the New World and the Philippines. JCB II:1571. MEDINA BHA 4228. PALAU 5616. SABIN 14304. hardcover books
17184988Turin ie Paris: Jacques Daniel 1718. Soft cover. Very Good. Small 8vo. 2 ff 66 pp 1 ff. Title page printed in red and black. Bound in contemporary marbled wrappers. Slightly dog-eared otherwise a very good copy. Rare compilation of anti-Jesuit apocrypha: the famous 'Monita secreta' is found here alongside a purported condemnation of the Jesuits by the Faculty of Theology in Paris in 1554 as well as a translation of a prophecy of Saint Hildegaarde commonly seen as fortelling the fall of the Order. The present work bears a transparently false imprint "chez Jacques Daniel a good subject of the Prince at the Sign of Truth"; we have been unable to trace any other record of the publisher Daniel in Turin. While the place of printing was almost certainly Paris the foreign imprint corroborates the polemicist's allegation that France had become such a Jesuit stronghold that the work could not be published there. The Monita Secreta was a guide allegedly written by the Jesuits explaining how to gain riches and make influential friends; bibliographers often attribute it to a Pole Jerome Zaorowsky exiled from the Society in 1611. The work was first printed in 1614 and enjoyed numerous printing couched under various suggestive titles - 'Jesuit intrigues' 'the cabinet of the Jesuits secrets opened' etc. As a forged work of slander for both its widespread dissemination and influence it may be compared to the anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The editor of the present edition again introduces the work as a clandestine publication - "I do not know by what means it fell into the hands of Printers". The work is written in a straightforward and factual way and instructs members of the Order to court wealthy widows gain promotions and discredit members of other orders. Alexandre Brou for example attributes the printings of the late 17th century to the Jansenists in their ongoing political struggle against the Order; whether the present 'Turin' printing falls into that category remains to be determined. 1708 saw the forced dissolution of the Jansenist stronghold Port-Royal; in the years which followed many Jansenists were excommunicated by Papal bulls for their beliefs. The remarkable rise of the Jesuit Order from its founding in 1540 provoked both suspicion and envy in the religious world: as the editor of the present edition states "the rise of the Jesuits is the object of admiration of the entire world. One cannot understand precisely how in less than two centuries these clerics have managed to become so powerful making themselves formidable to all other Orders and wielding influence in both the Old and New Worlds. It is a mystery for many people." OCLC shows no US copies of this title which appeared again in 1729 without an imprint. OCLC 459214162. Cf De Backer-Sommervogel V: 491-5 p 493 for this edition on the Monita secreta. Cf also Brou Les Jesuites de la Legende I: 290 1906. Jacques Daniel paperback books
185432010Montreal: Perrault 1854. 2nd item says 3rd. ed. Paperback. Fair. First item: 32p. Second item: frontis 63p. Later partial plain wrapper. 15cm. The first item appears to lack a frontis. Crudely stitched. Minor foxing. French text. <br/><br/> Perrault paperback books
178444155Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta 1784. First edition. Contemporary mottled calf compartments decorated in gilt red morocco spine label titled in gilt sewn in green silk ribbon marbled endpapers. A very good copy head band worn with a small chip and a tiny split at the joint owner's bookplate and booksellers engraved plate on front pastedown contents quite bright and clean. 104 91 135 144 4 74 pp. 4to. Five volumes bound in one. Parts 1 2 3 set in condensed type; parts 4 and 5 in expanded type. Royal decrees from Charles III and instructions decisions and regulations issued by the Consejo en el Extraordinario and its president the Conde de Aranda and others--concerning the expulsion of the Jesuits. "These collections contain the documents relative to the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish dominions and the confiscation of their property including the names of the colleges and houses of the order the application of the confiscated property &c. A complete series consists of five parts which are rarely found together. Our collation is of parts I. to III. only" Sabin 14304. Part 4 p. 75-127 contains the papal brief "Dominus ac Redemptor" by Clement XIV in Latin and Spanish. Earlier versions containing parts or all of the first three sections are not all that uncommon but those containing all five parts remain relatively rare. Other than this copy only two others have appeared in the auction records of ABPC and RBH since 1953 the first at the John B. Stetson sale at Parke Bernet and the second at Bonhams in a modern binding and dampstained. Palau 56516. See Sabin 14304. Medina BHA: IV 4228. En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta unknown books
182740086Paris: Societé catholique des bons livres 1827. 12mo 16.9 cm 6.68". 2 vols. I: vii 3 214 pp. II: 4 243 3 pp. <br><br>The first volume here opens with an impassioned defense of the overall interest and significance of the Lettres édifiantes 34 volumes of correspondence from non-European Jesuit missions reporting back to Rome originally published from 1702 to 1776. While there was obviously much therein on the condition of the various missions and missionaries and their conversion activities the writers also addressed social and political conditions and events as well as occasionally writing detailed descriptions of natural history. The present two volumes an early 19th-century abridgement offer some of the => highlights of letters from the Middle East Asia and the Americas Constantinople Armenia Persia Syria Tripoli Jerusalem and the Holy Land in the first volume; various parts of Canada California Santo Domingo and Guyana in the second. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â This ed. not in Sabin; see 40697 for main entry. Contemporary paper in tree calf pattern spines with gilt-stamped red leather title-labels; rubbed overall. All edges stained yellow. Front free endpapers each with small 19th-century library paper shelving label. Occasional small spots of staining or foxing pages generally clean. Societé catholique des bons livres hardcover books
15852438<p>Venice: Appreso I Gioliti 1585. </p><p>Price: $8500.00 </p><p>Octavo: 16 x 10.5 cm. 188 11 pp. Collation: A-M8 N4</p><p>One of several 1585 editions first ed. 1584</p><p>Bound in modern cartoncino. A very good copy with some minor repairs lightly washed. With a fine woodcut headpiece and Jesuit emblem on the title page and numerous decorative head- and tailpieces and initials including one of a dragon throughout.</p><p>This collection contains the following letters from the Jesuit missions in Japan and Goa: Francesco Carreón writing from Kuchinotsu 1 Dec. 1579; Gregorio de Céspedes 1579; Lorenço Mexia at Bungo 20 Oct. 1580; three letters by LuÃs Fróis Miyako 14 April 1581; 19 May 1581; and 29 May 1581; Francesco Cabral 15 Sept. 1581; and Alessandro Valignano Goa 28 Dec. 1583.<br /><br />The Salsette Martyrs:<br /><br />This collection concludes with Valignano's important letter from Goa –one of only five Jesuit letters from India published between 1570 and 1585- detailing the deaths of the Jesuit Martyrs of Cuncolim who were killed on Monday 25 July 1583 in the village of Cuncolim in the district of Salsette territory of Goa India. The "martyrs" were the Italian Rudolph Acquaviva the Spaniard Alphonso Pacheco the Swiss Peter Berno the Portuguese Anthony Francis and Brother Francis Aranha also a Portuguese. In addition the Portuguese layman Gonçalo Rodrigues and some Indian youths Dominic Alphonso Francis Rodrigues Paul da Costa and ten others were also killed.<br /><br />While prosecuting their mission of Conversion in Cuncolim the Jesuits and their companions desecrated a Hindu temple by urinating in it a relatively mild if repugnant form of desecration; on an earlier excursion Father Berno had set fire to another temple and destroyed a sacred anthill. In addition they killed a cow that was also an object of worship and hurled its entrails into a sacred well thereby defiling it. The understandably outraged citizenry set upon the Jesuits and their companions killing them with scimitars lances and arrows. They then threw their bodies into a well. The five Jesuits quickly achieved great fame as martyrs and at last in the 19th century were elevated to sainthood while the lay Indians who were slaughtered with them were ignored. <br /><br />It should be remembered that three of the five Jesuit martyrs were in Cuncolim as chaplains to a force of Portuguese soldiers sent to exact harsh reprisals for indigenous resistance to Portuguese rule and the Jesuit campaign of forced conversion. In this context the killing of the Jesuits is remembered by the people of modern day Cuncolim as one of the first acts of revolutionary resistance to European rule in India.<br /><br />Of course the letter written in December of 1583 by the Jesuit Provincial of India Alessandro Valignano glorifies the "martyrs" and in true martyrological style vividly describes the deaths of Acquaviva and his companions.<br /><br />"The Pagans then fell upon them; Father Rudolph received five cuts from a scimitar and a spear and died praying God to forgive them and pronouncing the Holy Name. Father Berno was next horribly mutilated and Father Pacheco wounded with a spear fell on his knees extending his<br />arms in the form of a cross and praying God to forgive his murderers and send other missionaries to them.</p><p>Streit Bibliotheca Missionum IV. 1639; Sommervogel II col 492; Cordier Sinica 75; Laures 170</p> Appreso I Gioliti, books
1769WRCAM48900Madrid 1769. 11pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Minor toning some loss to the last leaf affecting the stamped signature of the King and a couple of other words. Good. A royal decree discussing the finances of the Jesuit order in the Spanish territories after their expulsion from Spain in 1767 stamp- signed by King Charles III and docketed by his secretary. unknown books
1769WRCAM48901Madrid 1769. 7pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Minor worming. Very good. A royal decree attempting to suppress satirical publications of the Jesuit order mentioning "San Ignacio de Loyola" the founder of the Jesuits more than two centuries earlier. Issued after the suppression of the order this is specifically aimed at illicit works printed and circulated in Barcelona. The document is stamp-signed by King Charles III and secretarially docketed. unknown books
