[Gonzales de Mendoza, Juan]

Histoire du Grand Royaume de la Chine, Situé aux Indes Orientales:Contenant la Situation, Antiquité, Fertilité, Religion, Céremonies,Sacrifices, Rois, Magistrats, Moeurs, Us, Loix, & autres choses mémorablesdu dit royaume: Plus. .. un Itinéraire du nouveau monde, & le découvrementdu nouveau Mexique en l'an 1583

[Paris or Geneva]: Pour Jean Arnaud, 1606 Bibliographers disagree on whether this edition was published in Paris or in Geneva, but it was preceded by editions (in French) of 1588, 1589, and 1600. The first edition, in Spanish, was printed in Rome, 1585; editions quickly followed in Latin, French, German, Italian, and English. Gonzalez' book aoparently is the first published work to contain Chinese characters. The New World Itinerary is by F. Martin Ignacio, and contains details on the Canaries, St. Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and, most notably, Mexico (CHINA) Fourth Edition in French. 8vo. [22], 419, 26 pp. Ninetenth century full blue calf, te.g. Bookplate of John Carter Brown, release stamp, some internal worming esp. 334-367. Sabin 27780; Cordier 13; Palau 105510; cf. Peeters-Fontainas 510; cf. Lust (Western Books on China published up to 1850) 24

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