GONZALES DE MENDOZA, Juan (1545-1618). Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China. Madrid: Pedro Madrigal, 1586 [but colophon dated 1587]. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (138 x 92mm). Woodcut device on title of second part, three full-page woodcuts. Red morocco by Brugalla, 1958, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from Pro-Libris, 1957.

GONZALES DE MENDOZA, Juan (1545-1618). Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China. Madrid: Pedro Madrigal, 1586 [but colophon dated 1587]. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (138 x 92mm). Woodcut device on title of second part, three full-page woodcuts. Red morocco by Brugalla, 1958, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from Pro-Libris, 1957.

Third and most complete edition of a work first published in Rome in 1585 (see previous lot), and followed by a Salamanca edition the same year. Church 134; Cordier Sinica I:9; Sabin 27776; Salvá II, 3333; Palau VI, 105499: 'Esta ediciòn se considera una de la màs completa'.