[TRIGAULT, Nicolas].

Regni Chinensis descriptio. Ex Variis Authoribus.

      Publisher: Lugd. Batav. [Leiden]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana 1639.16mo, (viii), 365, (9 Index) pp. Engraved title showing a small map of China, marbled paste downs, armorial bookplate of Lord Sinclair. Contemporary calf, a.e.g., covers with double gilt rules, cornerpieces and a central rose, gilt phoenix to the foot of the spine with the motto Rinasce Piu Gloriosa (“It rises again more glorious”), spine a little worn with some loss to ends. A Jesuit missionary, Trigault first visited China in 1611, and eventually died there in 1628. He was responsible for the first Chinese translation of Aesop’s fables. Willems 486.