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MAFFEI, GIOVANNI PIETRO, S.J. Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI. 478; 407, [7] pages. 2 parts in one volume * HAY, JOHN, S.J., translator and editor. De rebus Japonicis, Indicis, et Peruanis epistolae recentiores. 968, [52] pages. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, 166x110 mm, Maffei in contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over pasteboard, spine darkened with white ink shelf number, covers slightly warped, lacking ties, contents toned with scattered spotting, light marginal dampstaining toward end, Hay disbound with scattered stains, light dampwrinkling and dampstaining in middle of volume and browning toward end, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on title and accession on next leaf in each volume, Bamberg Jesuit inscriptions on Maffei title, substantial portion of leaf after Hay title torn off and crudely restored with text loss. Antwerp: Martin Nutius, 1605; 1605
This edition of Maffei's work was enlarged with an appendix of mission letters and published with a companion volume of reports from missions to Japan, India, Peru, and the Philippines. Alden 605/71, 605/57; Shaaber H119, H115; Streit-Dindinger V, 59 and 58.
