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

263 263 c PIÑEYRO, LUIS, S. J. Relación del Sucesso que tuvo Nuestra Santa Fe en los Reynos del Japón. [16], 516, [8] pages. Folio, 297x205 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink and remnants of thong ties; worming in blank gutters through most of volume, scattered oxidized ink blots, piece torn from outer margin of title slightly affecting rule border, top portion torn out of last 9 leaves with substantial text loss, free endpapers lacking. 18th-century ownership inscription on title of the Seminario Conciliar de México, noting that the book was received from Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta (1682-1747), Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain. Madrid: widow of Alonso Martín de Balboa, 1617 [6,000/9,000] first edition of an account of the persecution of Christian missionaries and converts in Japan during the years 1612-15. Palau 226932; Streit-Dindinger V, 1163. 264 c SANSON, FRANÇOIS. The Present State of Persia. With a Faithful Account of the Manners, Religion, and Government of that People. 6 engraved plates, including frontispiece. [12], 189, [19] pages. 12mo, 150x89 mm, 19th-century blind-stamped leather with white ink shelf number on spine; contents heavily browned, heavy offsetting onto most plates from facing pages. Grove City College library embossed stamp on title, accession number on next leaf, bookplate and deaccession stamp on front pastedown, and date due slip and card pocket on rear endpapers. London: M. Gilliflower et al., 1695 [200/300] first edition in english . Wing S687. TRAVEL, continued