Missions

1601 — In -8°, pp. 109, (b), cartonato, tagli rossi. Prima edizione. Francesco Pasio (1551-1612) fu il primo provinciale gesuita in Giappone, residente a Nagasaki; il libro comprende anche una lettera del vice-provinciale Pedro Gomez (1533-1600), autore del “Compendium”, ovvero un trattato di cosmologia e teologia che sarebbe diventata la prima opera a introdurre la cultura occidentale in Giappone; segue un testo di Nicolò Longobardi (1559-1654), gesuita siciliano che in Cina fu il successore di Matteo Ricci (nominato varie volte in questo testo); la quarta e ultima lettera è un resoconto di una missione presso i territori islamici del Mogol (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan). Marca dei gesuiti al frontespizio e capilettera figurati. First edition. Pasio (1551-1612) was the first Jesuit Provincial in Japan: he resided in Nagasaki; the book includes also a letter of his deputy Pedro Gomez (1533-1600), author of the “Compendium”, a cosmology and theology treaty that had to become the first work to introduce western knowledge in Japan; then a text by Nicolò Longoboardi (1559-1654), a sicilian jesuit who replace, in China, Matteo Ricci (mentioned many times in this text); the fourth and last letter is the chronicle of a mission in Islamic areas of Mughal (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan). A Jesuit mark on title page and figurative initials. Pasio (1551-1612) was the first Jesuit Provincial in Japan: he resided in Nagasaki; the book includes also a letter of his deputy Pedro Gomez (1533-1600), author of the “Compendium”, a cosmology and theology treaty that had to become the first work to introduce western knowledge in Japan; then a text by Nicolò Longoboardi (1559-1654), a sicilian jesuit who replace, in China, Matteo Ricci (mentioned many times in this text); the fourth and last letter is the chronicle of a mission in Islamic areas of Mughal (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan). A Jesuit mark on title page and figurative initials.