CARDIM, Pe. Antonio Francisco, S.J.- ELOGIOS, - E RAMALHETE - DE FLORES BORRIFADO - COM SANGVE DOS R

CARDIM, Pe. António Francisco, S.J.- ELOGIOS, | E RAMALHETE | DE FLORES BORRIFADO | COM SANGVE DOS RELIGIO- | sos da Companhia de Iesu, a quem os | tyrannos do Imperio do Iappaõ | tiraraõ as vidas por odio | da Fé Catholica. | COM CATALOGO DE TODOS | os Religiosos, & seculares, que por odio da mes- | ma Fè foraõ mortos naquelle Imperio, | atê o anno de 1640.- Em Lisboa: Por Manoel da Sylua, anno 1650.- [12], 380 p.: [87 (i. e. 86)] gravuras, 1 mapa desdobr. [em falta]; 20 cm.- E., Father Cardim SJ (1596-1659), Jesuit missionary, born in Viana do Alentejo, joined the Society of Jesus in 1611, having finished his studies in Goa. Cardim, one of the great travelers in the East, chronicler of the Society of Jesus in China and Japan and attorney general of the province of Japan, ended his days in Macau, aged 63, after having lived 15 years between China and the Japan. The text of the work (translated from Latin by the author himself, from the Rome edition of 1646) consists of 87 eulogies of Jesuit martyrs from Japan, accompanied by the respective representations of the martyrdoms, in 87 copperplate prints, printed separately (with blank verso); From page 261 until the end, there is the “Catalogo dos religiosos, e seculares, que nos Reynos do Iappão forão mostoe em odio de nossa fé...”, with its own title page but followed pagination. Incomplete copy, with the following missing: fold-out map of Japan (replaced by a reproduction), engraving nº 83 (martyrdom of Father Mastrilli) and four pages (Ss4, Tt1, Tt2 and Tt3, pages 327 to 334) of “ Catalogo dos mortos pela fé”; the six preliminary pages with some restorations and slight stains. Otherwise, a clean copy, with all the engravings very fresh and with good margins. Recent binding, full flexible parchment (with ties), with patina and gold decoration on the covers and spine, the manner of the time. Sommervogel, II, p. 740. Reiss & Auvermann (Auction 40), 445. Cordier (Japonica), coll. 362.