Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

266 c SICARDO, JOSÉ. Christiandad del Japón, y dilatada Persecución que padeció. Memorias Sacras de los Mártyres [etc.]. [16], 448, [14] pages. Folio, 286x197 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink and remnants of thong ties, covers chippedalongtopandforeedges,rearhingereinforced;mostlylightmarginalfoxing,smallrectangular brown stain in innermargin of title,worming in blank lower inner corners of gathering I.Ownership inscriptions of the Convento de San José de Tacubaya on title verso and page 25, and branded ownershipmark on top edges (CCMF/BF-12014,identified asConvento de SanGabriel deTacuba). Madrid: Francisco Sanz, 1698 [8,000/12,000] first edition of a history and martyrology of the Christian mission to Japan. Alden 698/203 (for discussion of Christianity in Mexico); Palau 312228; Streit-Dindinger V, 1616. TRAVEL, continued