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[China - Jesuits] - COUPLET, Philippe S.J. -

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[China - Jesuits] - COUPLET, Philippe S.J. -
[China - Jesuits] - COUPLET, Philippe S.J. - Historie van eene groote christene mevrouwe van China met naeme mevrouw Candida Hiu (...) [trsl. (from the Spanish) H.I.D.N.W.P.]. Antwerp, Franciscus Muller, "Inde Druckerye van Knobbaert", 1694, 8vo, contemp. sheep, spine and corners repaired, [24]-213-[11] pp. Good copy. Cfr. ill. € 300/400 Very rare Dutch translation from the Spanish version (1691) of the original French text (1688) of Philippe Couplet (Mechelen 1622 - Goa 1693). Biography of Candida Xu (1607-1680), benefactress of the Jesuit mission in Jiangnan, and an important text for the history of the Jesuit mission in China. Pp. 199-205 contain a "Lyste van de PP. der Societeyt Iesu, die naer de doodt van den H. Franciscus Xaverius, van het jaer 1581 tot het jaer 1681 in het Keyser-ryck China, het geloof Iesu Christi vercondight hebben". Nice engr. portrait of Lady Hiu by Hendrik Causé. Ref. De Backer-Sommervogel II c. 1563 no. 8. Matagne (Namur) C-491. Not in BL London, BN Paris, NUC.
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