The historie of the great and mightie kingdome of China, and the situation thereof
Title
The historie of the great and mightie kingdome of China, and the situation thereof
Alternative Title
Full title: The historie of the great and mightie kingdome of China, and the situation thereof : togither with the great riches, huge citties, politike gouernement, and rare inuentions in the same
Publisher
London : Printed by I. Wolfe for Edward White, and are to be sold at the little north doore of Paules, at the signe of the gun
Date
1588
Format
[8], 410 pages ; 17 cm
Description
Author's name taken from Alden.
Translation of: Historia de las cosas mas notables ritos y costumbres, del gran reyno de la China. Rome: Bartholome Grassi, 1585, Three Chinese woodcut characters on pages 92-3.
Translator's preface (p. [3-7])--dated 1589.
"A commentarie or short discourse of all such notable thinges ...," based on an oral account by Martin Ignacio de Loyola (p. 305-410), contains an account of Antonio de Espajo's expedition to New Mexico, p. 323-340.
Translation of: Historia de las cosas mas notables ritos y costumbres, del gran reyno de la China. Rome: Bartholome Grassi, 1585, Three Chinese woodcut characters on pages 92-3.
Translator's preface (p. [3-7])--dated 1589.
"A commentarie or short discourse of all such notable thinges ...," based on an oral account by Martin Ignacio de Loyola (p. 305-410), contains an account of Antonio de Espajo's expedition to New Mexico, p. 323-340.
Provenance
Lacking final blank leaf, 2C6
The red seal of Sir Charles Ralph Boxer on the title page.
Contemporary speckled calf 18th-century style binding by Aquarius, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco twin labels, sides with gilt single fillet border enclosing dog-tooth frame, gilt milled roll to edges and turn-ins, gilt edges.
Stormont pattern marbled endpapers
Housed in a custom red calf solander box
Bookseller's description removed to item file.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund
The red seal of Sir Charles Ralph Boxer on the title page.
Contemporary speckled calf 18th-century style binding by Aquarius, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco twin labels, sides with gilt single fillet border enclosing dog-tooth frame, gilt milled roll to edges and turn-ins, gilt edges.
Stormont pattern marbled endpapers
Housed in a custom red calf solander box
Bookseller's description removed to item file.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund
Contributor
Boxer, C. R. (Charles Ralph), 1904-2000, former owner
Language
English
Identifier
Dated 1588 .G64,
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 588/39
English Short Title Catalogue S103230
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 588/39
English Short Title Catalogue S103230
Files
Collection
Citation
“The historie of the great and mightie kingdome of China, and the situation thereof,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 3, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/909.