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PIÑEYRO, LUIS, S. J. Relación del Sucesso que tuvo Nuestra Santa Fe en los Reynos del Japón. [16], 516, [8] pages. Folio, 297x205 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink and remnants of thong ties; worming in blank gutters through most of volume, scattered oxidized ink blots, piece torn from outer margin of title slightly affecting rule border, top portion torn out of last 9 leaves with substantial text loss, free endpapers lacking. 18th-century ownership inscription on title of the Seminario Conciliar de México, noting that the book was received from Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta (1682-1747), Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain. Madrid: widow of Alonso Martín de Balboa, 1617
first edition of an account of the persecution of Christian missionaries and converts in Japan during the years 1612-15. Palau 226932; Streit-Dindinger V, 1163.
