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58 - Trigault, Nicolas. *Regni Chinensis descriptio ex varijs authoribus*. Leiden, Elzevier, 1639. A compact Elzevier edition on China
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Trigault, Nicolas. *Regni Chinensis descriptio ex varijs authoribus*. Leiden, Elzevier, 1639. A compact Elzevier edition on China Trigault, Nicolas. *Regni Chinensis descriptio ex varijs authoribus*. Leiden, Elzevier, 1639. In duodecimo (103 x 60 mm); [8], 365, [11] pages. Chalcographic title page with a map of China, 2 woodcuts depicting figures in Chinese men’s and women’s attire (very slight browning). Contemporary binding in mottled calfskin, with a dry-stamped fillet border on the covers, gold decoration and title on the smooth spine, a gilt wheel at the joint, and marbled endpapers. A charming compendium of information on the Kingdom of China drawn from various sources, primarily from *De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas* by Nicolas Trigault (1577–1628), who disseminated in Europe the information gathered by the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci. Willems 486. A compact Elzevir edition on China
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