Fine Jesuit Binding, Nouvelle Relation de la Chine, Gabriel de Magalhaes, 1688 japan The reward was issued for

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

They took delight in seeing fish caught in the rivers

the plants and animals he saw

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

-Decorated with one full page miniature of Christ standing at his sarcophagus next to the cross

Fine Jesuit Binding, Nouvelle Relation de la Chine, Gabriel de Magalhaes, 1688 japan The reward was issued for"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