75/2724 [China]. Gonzalez de Mendoza, J. Dell' Historia della China. Rome, G. Martinelli, 1586, (16),379,(33)p., woodcut title-vignette, contemp. vellum, sm. 4to.

- Occas. trifle foxed/ fingersoiled; first and final lvs. w. some closed holes and restored spots. Rebound in contemp. (wrinkled/ stained) vellum binding.

= Cordier I, p.10; cf. Lust 23 (calling for an 8vo edition): "The first serious survey of China, it ran to some 33 editions in Western Europe between 1585 and 1613. Its influence can be imagined. Mendoza was never in China. The work consists partly of travel accounts of Augustine and Franciscan Fathers, mostly on journeys via the Philippines to Ch'ao-chou, Canton, etc." First published in Spanish in 1585. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVIII.