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Cartas que los Padres y Hermanos de la Compañia de Iesus que andan en los Reynos de Iapon escrvieron a los dela misma Compania desde el año de mil y quinientos y quarenta y nueve hasta el de mil y quinientos y setenta y uno. En las quales se da noticia de las varias costumbres y idolatrias de aquella gentilidad: y se cuenta el principio y successo y bondad de los Christianos de aquellas partes.

1575réf. 5741Alcalá der Henares Spain: Juan Iniguez de Lequerica 1575. Contemporary limp vellum with ties. 4to in 8s. With woodcut of the Crucifixion on verso of the colophon 2R4v woodcut Japanese characters in the text I8v and woodcut decorated initials throughout. First Spanish edition of 87 Portuguese letters by Jesuit missionaries in Japan very valuable for the history of the Jesuits in Japan India and other parts of Southeast Asia. The work was first published in Portuguese in Coimbra in 1570 and contains 10 additional important Jesuit letters which had never published before. Noteworthy are the woodcut Chinese and Japanese characters included in the text on leaf I8v. Cordier gives a list of these additional letters dating from 1567 to 1571. Other newly added were: the life of Francis Xavier Relacion de las cosas de la India by Manuel Acosta with remarks on in order of appearance Goa Cochin Daman Ceylon Comorin Bassein Ormuz Ethiopia Inambay and Manomotapa Malaca the Moluccas Ambonia Solor Macassar etc. and Breve relacion de la Isla y Reynos del Iapon.Lacking 2 leaves ¶7 and ¶8 from the preliminaries containing the "Indulgencias que nuestro Sancto Padre el Papa Pio. 4". With 18th-century manuscript annotations in brown ink on the recto of the first free flyleaf the title-page at the start of the text on fol. 1r the recto of the final leaf and in the margins throughout; the margins show only marks to highlight certain passages the other annotations are variations of the same owner's inscription most elaborate on the front flyleaf: "Ex icDn. Francesco et Paula Caveda Costo 15 . Mad. a 4 . Octobre 1786". The vellum of the binding is somewhat creased and stained water stained throughout the first and last few leaves are frayed and slightly damaged in the margins without affecting the text somewhat browned throughout. Otherwise in good condition.l Alt-Japan-Katalog 298; Cordier Japonica cols. 67-68; Iberian Books 54608; Laures 140; Palau 46311; Porbase 363133 1 copy; Salva 3282; Streit IV 1519 with a full list of all letters; USTC 337147. Juan Iniguez de Lequerica, hardcover

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Relazione della cattura e del viaggio del Brasile a Lisbona e da Lisbona a Genova de PP. Gesuiti da Provincia del Brasile

1760réf. 5489Genoa: 29 July 1760. Hardcover. Fine. Manuscript in Italian written in a neat cursive in brown/black ink on laid paper. With some minor foxing some folding lines the creases slightly flattened the bottom edge of the leaves is slightly frayed. Otherwise in very good condition. A harrowing eye-witness account by a Jesuit Father of the Province of Brazil describing the forced expulsion of the Jesuits from Brazil in 1760 the hardships they endured during their capture and the perilous journey from Brazil to Genoa via Lisbon. The author begins his narrative with the persecution suffered by the Jesuits in Brazil following the official suppression of the Order. The Jesuit colleges were thoroughly plundered property seized precious silver taken and church furnishings stripped away. They were ordered not to open the church doors or ring the bells although on three occasions the Blessed Sacrament was brought to the sick an act which deeply moved the local people. The Jesuits endured many sufferings during their captivity. They were confined under harsh conditions; guarded constantly by soldiers. Their living quarters were cramped and filthy so small that they could neither sit nor lie down comfortably. Many suffered from hunger thirst and illness and several lost their lives during this ordeal. On 16 March the journey by sea began. The voyage was nothing short of a cruel martyrdom: extreme hunger and sickness afflicted the Jesuit Fathers. One elderly and saintly Father Francesco Paolo died shortly after the journey began not from disease but from severe distress caused by lack of food and medicine. Another Father Giovanni de Matha suffered a dangerous hemorrhage and narrowly survived while many others fell ill. They arrived at the mouth of the Tagus River in Portugal on 6 June after which they were transferred under guard to a Genoese ship effectively imprisoned once again. They were forbidden from going ashore or even signaling their arrival. More Jesuit Fathers from Brazil joined them later in June many weakened and sick from the hardships endured. Tragically some who had been sent ahead to Portugal suffered such extreme famine and thirst that they resorted to drinking their own urine and several died without the comfort of the last rites which were denied by the ship's captain. The captains and executioners of the royal orders showed little compassion even as they witnessed the Jesuits' pale and dying condition. Throughout this entire ordeal a royal minister constantly monitored the Jesuits offering false hopes that they might remain in the kingdom if they renounced their order and left the Jesuit habit behind. Some succumbed to these pressures but most remained steadfast. The Jesuits also faced opposition from the Bishop of Rio de Janeiro who initially used them for missions but later prohibited their confessions and sermons accusing them falsely of heretical teachings. He even excommunicated those who encouraged perseverance in the Jesuit order. Despite all these hardships the siege imprisonment brutal sea voyage hunger disease and ecclesiastical persecution the Jesuits maintained their faith and dignity praying for peace and the restoration of their Society. In a long postscript the writer gives further news that he has received from Brazil. He describes the devotion despite the Suppression of the Brazilian indigenous novices and the bravery of the students many of whom accompanied other Jesuit fathers in a cramped ship for the long voyage to Europe. A number of students held back -reluctantly- realizing that their presence on the ship would only lead to further overcrowding and privation for the Jesuit fathers in particular those who were old and frail. With sorrow they wept on the shore as the ship weighed anchor and departed for the miserable voyage. The account closes on 29 July 1760 expressing a solemn hope that after so many disasters peace will return to the Jesuit order. 29 July hardcover

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Relazione della cattura e del viaggio del Brasile a Lisbona e da Lisbona a Genova de PP. Gesuiti da Provincia del Brasile

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[Jesuits; China; Japan; India; Gall, Johann Chrysostomus; Terentius (or Schreck) JohannesBiblio.com

LITERAE P. JO. CHRYSOSTOMI GALL OLYSSIPONAE DATAE. And EXEMPLUM LITERARUM R.P. TERENTII AS R. PATREM JACOBUM KOLLERUM Contemporary Transcripts of two Letters of Two Jesuit Missions in China India and Japan.

1621réf. 34518Lisbon and Hangzhou China: Manuscripts ca.1623 and 1621. Very Rare A Similar Manuscript Exists in Brussels. We know of no others. The Latin text of both letters is written in a neat uniform cursive hand in brown. Folio leaves 33 x 20.5 cm The transcripts bound in 18th Century stiff blue wrappers the blank paste-downs and endpapers are late 18th century most likely the third quarter between 1745/1753 and 1776 since they contain a clear "lion/vryheit/pro patria" watermark with a crowned GR countermark which resembles Heawood 3148 3149 and 3154. The paper used for the manuscript contains a faint double-headed eagle watermark and it has been reinforced in the gutters. A very pleasing survival very well preserved edges slightly mellowed the wrappers show some signs of wear. VERY RARE MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPTS. Chrysostomus Johann Gall 1586-1643 was a German Jesuit and scholar. He left Ingolstadt Germany to teach astronomy mathematics and navigation in Lisbon fro 1620to 1627 before leaving to work in the Jesuit missions in India. The Colégio de Santo Antŕo benefitted from the arrival of many foreign mathematicians and other scholars as Lisbon serves as a gateway for all missionaries departing for Asia. The original letter by Gall was written in Lisbon September 1623 and concerns a newspaper style description of various events including details of the perseution of Christians in Japan particularly the execution of large numbers of the Christian community in Nagasaki in 1622. The second letter in the present work is especially interesting as the original was written by Johannes Terentius also known as Johannes Schreck an Deng Yuhan Hanpo 1576-1630. Terentius was a prominent Jesuit scholar specialized in natural science and mathematics. Before joining the Jesuits as a novice1611 he already enjoyed a grea reputation in Germany as a scholar. In 1621 Terentius left for China to join the Jesuit mission. The original letter by Terentius was written in Hangzhou China on 30 August 1621 to the rector of teh Jesuit College in Munich Jakob Keller 1568-1631. He discusses his journey to China which he started in 1618 his intentions to participate in the planned calendar reform in China and his impressions of the city of Hangzhou which he reached in 1621 Terentius wrote several works on european medicine mathematics and technology in Chinese and together with Johann Adam Schall von Bell and G. Roho introduced European tigonometry and European astronomical instruments to China. In 1629 he began to reform the calendar which J.A. Schall von Bell ocmpleted after Terentius' early death a year later. Backer & Sommervogel VII col. 1929-F Manuscripts unknown

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Les Intrigues secrettes des Jesuites Traduites du Monita Secreta; Où l'on a joint L'Extrait de la Faculté de Theologie de Paris de l'an 1554. Et La Prophetie de Sainte Hildegarde morte en 1181

1718réf. 4988Turin ie Paris: Jacques Daniel 1718. Soft cover. Very Good. Small 8vo. 2 ff 66 pp 1 ff. Title page printed in red and black. Bound in contemporary marbled wrappers. Slightly dog-eared otherwise a very good copy. Rare compilation of anti-Jesuit apocrypha: the famous 'Monita secreta' is found here alongside a purported condemnation of the Jesuits by the Faculty of Theology in Paris in 1554 as well as a translation of a prophecy of Saint Hildegaarde commonly seen as fortelling the fall of the Order. The present work bears a transparently false imprint "chez Jacques Daniel a good subject of the Prince at the Sign of Truth"; we have been unable to trace any other record of the publisher Daniel in Turin. While the place of printing was almost certainly Paris the foreign imprint corroborates the polemicist's allegation that France had become such a Jesuit stronghold that the work could not be published there. The Monita Secreta was a guide allegedly written by the Jesuits explaining how to gain riches and make influential friends; bibliographers often attribute it to a Pole Jerome Zaorowsky exiled from the Society in 1611. The work was first printed in 1614 and enjoyed numerous printing couched under various suggestive titles - 'Jesuit intrigues' 'the cabinet of the Jesuits secrets opened' etc. As a forged work of slander for both its widespread dissemination and influence it may be compared to the anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The editor of the present edition again introduces the work as a clandestine publication - "I do not know by what means it fell into the hands of Printers". The work is written in a straightforward and factual way and instructs members of the Order to court wealthy widows gain promotions and discredit members of other orders. Alexandre Brou for example attributes the printings of the late 17th century to the Jansenists in their ongoing political struggle against the Order; whether the present 'Turin' printing falls into that category remains to be determined. 1708 saw the forced dissolution of the Jansenist stronghold Port-Royal; in the years which followed many Jansenists were excommunicated by Papal bulls for their beliefs. The remarkable rise of the Jesuit Order from its founding in 1540 provoked both suspicion and envy in the religious world: as the editor of the present edition states "the rise of the Jesuits is the object of admiration of the entire world. One cannot understand precisely how in less than two centuries these clerics have managed to become so powerful making themselves formidable to all other Orders and wielding influence in both the Old and New Worlds. It is a mystery for many people." OCLC shows no US copies of this title which appeared again in 1729 without an imprint. OCLC 459214162. Cf De Backer-Sommervogel V: 491-5 p 493 for this edition on the Monita secreta. Cf also Brou Les Jesuites de la Legende I: 290 1906. Jacques Daniel paperback

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Les Intrigues secrettes des Jesuites Traduites du Monita Secreta; Où l'on a joint L'Extrait de la Faculté de Theologie de Paris de l'an 1554. Et La Prophetie de Sainte Hildegarde morte en 1181

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Coleccion General de las Providencias hasta aqui Tomadas por el Gobierno sobre el Estranamiento y Ocupacion de Temporalidades de los Regulares de la Compania que existian en los dominios de S.M . Parte Primera -Quinta

1784réf. 44155Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta 1784. First edition. Contemporary mottled calf compartments decorated in gilt red morocco spine label titled in gilt sewn in green silk ribbon marbled endpapers. A very good copy head band worn with a small chip and a tiny split at the joint owner's bookplate and booksellers engraved plate on front pastedown contents quite bright and clean. 104 91 135 144 4 74 pp. 4to. Five volumes bound in one. Parts 1 2 3 set in condensed type; parts 4 and 5 in expanded type. Royal decrees from Charles III and instructions decisions and regulations issued by the Consejo en el Extraordinario and its president the Conde de Aranda and others--concerning the expulsion of the Jesuits. "These collections contain the documents relative to the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish dominions and the confiscation of their property including the names of the colleges and houses of the order the application of the confiscated property &c. A complete series consists of five parts which are rarely found together. Our collation is of parts I. to III. only" Sabin 14304. Part 4 p. 75-127 contains the papal brief "Dominus ac Redemptor" by Clement XIV in Latin and Spanish. Earlier versions containing parts or all of the first three sections are not all that uncommon but those containing all five parts remain relatively rare. Other than this copy only two others have appeared in the auction records of ABPC and RBH since 1953 the first at the John B. Stetson sale at Parke Bernet and the second at Bonhams in a modern binding and dampstained. Palau 56516. See Sabin 14304. Medina BHA: IV 4228. En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta unknown