Fine Jesuit Binding, Nouvelle Relation de la Chine, Gabriel de Magalhaes, 1688 japan This decoration includes "rinceaux" borders

This decoration includes "rinceaux" borders with ivy leaves and flowers

Published by Fukuda Hatsujiro c1894-6

The reward was issued for the apprehension of the murderer of Tommy - a First Nations Aboriginal boy killed on the frontiers of the expanding Australian colony

Written by soldiers

Fine Jesuit Binding, Nouvelle Relation de la Chine, Gabriel de Magalhaes, 1688 japan This decoration includes "rinceaux" borders"Nouvelle Relation de la Chine" Gabriel de Magalhaes 1688 Beautiful early Jesuit binding with gold lettering TP, Preface, 385, Table Missing folding map Binding with wear to spine and edges. Good condition overall. This is one of the most important European account of China from the second half of the 17th Century. Magalhaes was a Portuguese Jesuit who, after spending 6 years in Goa, travelled to China to work with the Kangxi emperor. He later