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RHODES, Alexandre de (1593-1660). Relazione de' felici successi della Santa Fede predicata da'padri della compagnia di Gesu nel regno di Tunchino Rome: Giuseppe Luna, 1650. Small 4° (221 x 158mm). Engraved map, woodcut device to title-page, woodcut head-piece and initial letter at start of first and second parts, with errata leaf. (Final two leaves with small wormhole to margin, free end papers with some worming to lower edge.) Contemporary limp vellum, spine lettered in manuscript (fore- and lower edge of upper board with some loss). Provenance: unidentified oval library stamp to margin of title-page.
FIRST EDITION of one of the first Western accounts of Vietnam, with the earliest detailed map of the North of the country, showing the coast line as far East as Macao. Divided into two parts, Rhodes's account presents a detailed picture of the manners and customs of the local people, as well as giving a first-hand account of missionary activity in the region between 1627 and 1646. Brunet IV, 1269; Cordier Indosinica, 1619; Howgego R33-34.
FIRST EDITION of one of the first Western accounts of Vietnam, with the earliest detailed map of the North of the country, showing the coast line as far East as Macao. Divided into two parts, Rhodes's account presents a detailed picture of the manners and customs of the local people, as well as giving a first-hand account of missionary activity in the region between 1627 and 1646. Brunet IV, 1269; Cordier Indosinica, 1619; Howgego R33-34.