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GONZÁLEZ DE MENDOZA, JUAN. Historia de las Cosas mas notables, Ritos y Costumbres, del gran Reyno del China. [26] (of [32]), 440 pages, with papal license leaf bound before table of contents; lacks the title, first leaf of table of contents, and blank last preliminary leaf. 8vo, 149x98 mm, old limp vellum, worn, lacking ties; contents badly soiled and dampstained with worming in inner corners causing varying text loss, scattered ink blots. sold as is. Rome: Bartolomeo Grassi, 1585
first edition of the standard work of its time on China. Pages 341-440 contain Martín Ignacio de Loyola's description of his westward journey around the world in 1582-84, during which he passed through Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, and Mexico on his way to China, returning to Europe around the Cape of Good Hope. Alden 585/37; Streit-Dindinger IV, 1972; Palau 105495.
