[JAPAN].
Lyon, Benoist Rigaud, 1580.
Nouveaux Advis de l’Amplification du Christianisme és pays & Royaumes du Iappon, Envoyees au R. P. General de la compagnie du nom de Iesus….
Extremely rare second French edition (first, 1579) of this Jesuit relation from Japan, composed by the Portuguese missionary Francisco Cabral. Such early Jesuit letters, as well as offering some of the first Western glimpses from inside Japan, tell of unparalleled success in proselytizing, in stark contrast to the tales of..... More