Rougement, François de

FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL LATIN, 8vo (152 x 93mm.), half-title, woodcut device on title, 3 pages with Chinese characters, folding engraved map, contemporary vellum, yapp edges

Jesuit College at Brussels, inscription on title and other markings

Cordier, Sinica 628; Löwendahl 158; Western Travellers in China 24

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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“This account described the conquest, the government and events during the early years of Manchu rule up to 1666, and the effect of these events on the Christian mission” (Löwendahl).

A Portuguese translation from Rougement’s original Latin had been published in the previous year.