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RHODES, Alexandre de Relazione de' felici successi della santa fede predicata da' padri della Compagnia di Giesù nel regno di Tunchino [...]. Rome G. Luna 1650 4to: [16]-326-[1] pp. (some browning). Contemp. vellum, flat ink-titled spine. First edition of this famous work on Vietnam, containing the 1st known independent map which depicts the coastal region of northern Vietnam and the south coast of China till Macao. The 1st part is a description of Tonkin, the country and its costums, pt. 2 deals with missionary activities in this area. Destined for Japan, the Jesuit priest Alexandre de Rhodes (1591-1660) arrived at Macau in 1623, but was then sent to Vietnam. He was active there until he got banished in 1645. Woodcut mark on title. ref. Cordier, Indosinica, 1619. - DBS VI:1717-1721. - Walravens "China illustrata" 158. - Rhodes (BL London) 743. Prov. Ms. entry on title.

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RHODES, Alexandre de Relazione de' felici successi della santa fede predicata da' padri della Compagnia di Giesù nel regno di Tunchino [...]. Rome G. Luna 1650 4to: [16]-326-[1] pp. (some browning). Contemp. vellum, flat ink-titled spine. First edition of this famous work on Vietnam, containing the 1st known independent map which depicts the coastal region of northern Vietnam and the south coast of China till Macao. The 1st part is a description of Tonkin, the country and its costums, pt. 2 deals with missionary activities in this area. Destined for Japan, the Jesuit priest Alexandre de Rhodes (1591-1660) arrived at Macau in 1623, but was then sent to Vietnam. He was active there until he got banished in 1645. Woodcut mark on title. ref. Cordier, Indosinica, 1619. - DBS VI:1717-1721. - Walravens "China illustrata" 158. - Rhodes (BL London) 743. Prov. Ms. entry on title.

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RHODES, Alexandre de Divers voyages et missions du P. Alexandre de Rhodes en la Chine, & autres royaumes de l'Orient, avec son retour en Europe par la Perse & l'Arménie. Paris S. et G. Cramoisy 1653 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to: [24]-276, 82 pp. 1 pl. (foxing, sl. marg. damp stains). Contemp. calf, double gilt-ruled covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (sm. lacks to head and lower cover, occ. sm. rubbing, stains to front covers, corners bumped). Extremely rare first edition of Rhodes' account of his travels and missions in Asia. Destined for Japan, the Jesuit missionary and linguist A. de Rhodes (1591-1660) arrived at Macau in 1623, but was then sent to Vietnam. He was active there until he got banished in 1645 and sentenced to death. His condamnation reduced to exile, he returned to Rome where he pleaded for increased funding for Catholic missions to Vietnam. This helped founding in Paris the Foreign Missions Society in 1659, of which the first members were sent to Far-East as Apostolic vicars as neither the Portuguese nor the Pope Alexander VII were interested in his project. Rhodes himself was sent to Persia instead of Vietnam where he died in Isfahan. Rhodes' descriptions of Tonkin and Conchinchina were used in the works of La Harpe and Prevost. Illustrated with a fold. map of the Kingdom of Annam; copper-engr. title-vignette. Ref. DBS VI:1720:9. - Cordier, Sinica, 2080. Prov. Bernard de Noblet, Count of Chenelette, "Lieutenant des Maréchaux de France au baillage de Macon" (engr. arm. bookpl.).