Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

252 c GONZÁLEZ DE MENDOZA, JUAN. Historia de las Cosas mas notables, Ritos y Costumbres, del gran Reyno del China. [26] (of [32]), 440 pages, with papal license leaf bound before table of contents; lacks the title , first leaf of table of contents, and blank last preliminary leaf. 8vo, 149x98 mm, old limp vellum, worn, lacking ties; contents badly soiled and dampstained with worming in inner corners causing varying text loss, scattered ink blots. sold as is . Rome: Bartolomeo Grassi, 1585 [300/500] first edition of the standard work of its time on China. Pages 341-440 contain Martín Ignacio de Loyola’s description of his westward journey around the world in 1582-84, during which he passed through Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, and Mexico on his way to China, returning to Europe around the Cape of Good Hope. Alden 585/37; Streit-Dindinger IV, 1972; Palau 105495. 253 c GONZÁLEZ DE MENDOZA, JUAN. Dell’Historia della China. Italian translation by Francesco Avanzo. [72], 462, [2] pages, including blanks 2†8 and 2F8. 8vo, 153x105 mm, old limp vellum with spine title in ink, worn, lacking ties; contents browned, light dampstaining on opening leaves and occasional stains elsewhere, worming in blank lower inner corners in second half of volume, other marginal wormholes in last few leaves not affecting text, early owner’s annotations covering the 2 blanks, and scattered marginalia. Ownership inscription of the Jesuit Colegio de San Ildefonso on title and branded ownership mark (cf. CCMF/BF-6005) on top edges. Venice: Andrea Muschio, 1588 [600/900] Second edition in Italian, with Loyola’s circumnavigation on pages [367]-462. Alden 588/36; Palau 105506 note; Streit-Dindinger IV, 1998. TRAVEL, continued 255 257