| Record ID | cp012964 |
| Voet reference number | 611 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Author | AVVISI |
| Title page transcription | AVVISI ‖ DELLA CINA ‖ ET GIAPONE, ‖ DEL FINE DELL' ‖ ANNO 1586. ‖ CON L'ARRIVO DELLI ‖ Signori Giaponesi nell'India. ‖ Cauati dalle lettre della Compagnia di Giesù. ‖ Riceuute il mese d'Ottobre 1588. ‖ V. ‖ IN ANVERSA, ‖ Appresso di Christophoro Plantino, ‖ Architypographo Regio. ‖ M.D.LXXXVIII. |
| Collation | 8⁰ [137]: A-D⁸; pages 1-64, [64] |
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| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Privilege (Brussels, 16 December 1588, signed by P. Berthem) [3]-63: Text (parts in italic type) [64]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Woodcut: vignette on title-page, 43 × 45: Angels surrounding a heart with cross and the inscription IHS |
| Copies | Biblioteca Nacional de España - R 8706 [2]Bibliothèques de l'UMONS - R 10-HCopy in KU Leuven Libraries, mentioned by Bib. Belgica (1964–1970 éd.), destroyed during Second World War |
| Bibliographical references | Bib. Belgica (1964–1970 éd.), I, page 123 Not in Ruelens-de Backer |
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| Note 1 | Series of letters in Italian (or translated into Italian) regarding China (pages 3-17) and Japan (pages 17 sqq.) written by Jesuit missionaries: by Alessandro Valignano, provincial of India, to the General of the Society, 'Corino', 14 January 1587 (pages 3-5); by Antonio Dalmeida (d'Almeyda) to Odoardo di Sando, 'Ciquione', 10 February 1586 (pages 5-16); by A. Valignano to the General, Goa, 19 December 1587 (pages 16-17); by Luigi Froes, at the order of Gaspar Coeglio, vice-provincial of Japan, to Valignano, 7 October 1586 (pages 17-53); by Pietro Gomez to Valignano, 'Uzuque', 2 October 1586 (pages 54-58); by Valignano to the General, Goa, 19 December 1587, on the arrival in Goa of Japanese ambassadors (pages 58-63). On these Jesuit missionaries and their writings, see De Backer-Sommervogel. |
| Note 2 | Reprint of one of the editions published in Italy in 1588 (Rome, Francisco Zannetti; Milan, Pacifico Pontio; Venice, Giolito; Brescia, Vincenzo Sabbio): cf. De Backer-Sommervogel, under Almeyda (I, Columns 190-191). |
| Note 3 | The printing was finished before 24 December 1588, as on that day Jan Moretus sent 12 copies 'Avvisi dela India' to an Italian merchant living in the Netherlands, Paolo Francheschi, as a gift from Plantin, to be distributed by Francheschi amongst his friends (Correspondance de C. Plantin, VIII-IX, no. 1423). |
| Note 4 | Listed in M 296, folio 1 verso (Avvisi de la China a⁰ 1586, f[euilles] 4, [price:] stuivers 1½), and M 321 (under 1588). |
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