Rare Jesuit Account Report

Very early and extremely rare Jesuit account on China: Litterae Societatis Iesu e regno Sinarum ad R. P. Claudium Aquavivam eiusdem Societatis Praepositum Generalem annorum M.DC.X & M.DC.XI. A. R. P. Nicolao Trigautio, eiusdem Societatis, conscriptae Antverpiae, apud Petrum & Ioannem Belleros. M. DC. XV. *** Author: Nicolas Trigault (1577–1628) Language: Latin. Imprint: Antwerp: Peter and John Bellerus, 1615. *** Pages: 227, /1/. Dimensions: 17,4 x 11,3 cm. Binding: No binding, probable was bound with some other titles. Gilted edges. Condition: Almost all leaves heavily browned due to paper aging. A small wormhole and two very tiny holes on the title, not affecting the text. Title scratched, some notes and stamp of the previous owner removed. Provenance: no marks, but acquired with the part of the library of Irish poet William Monk Gibbon.