CONQUEST OF CHINA BY: MARTIN MARTINIUS

FEATURES: CONQUEST OF CHINA   BY: MARTIN MARTINIUS 1654

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A) CONDITION BOOK: FAIR - HARD COVER

B) CONDITION DUST JACKET: NOT ISSUED

C) FIRST EDITION [THUS] - NO PUBLISHER  1939

D) NOTE:  FACSIMILE EDITION, ORIGINAL DATED 1654.  BINDING IS STRONG BUT INTERNAL PAGES ARE FRAGILE.  LAST REAR END PAPER MISSING.  FOLD - OUT MAP PRESENT.  FOLD - OUT MAP PRESENT. RARE. BOOK PLATE INDICATING.  FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOSEPH R. STAROBIN.  JOSEPH AND HIS SON ROBERT BOTH WERE ACTIVE COMMUNISTS AND PUBLISHED AUTHORS.    240 PAGES.

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BOOK GRADING CATEGORIES:

FINE

VERY GOOD

GOOD

FAIR

POOR
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About: CONQUEST OF CHINA   BY: MARTIN MARTINIUS

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Martini was born in Trento, in the Bishopric of Trent, Holy Roman Empire. After finishing high school in Trento in 1631, he joined the Society of Jesus, continuing his studies of classical literature and philosophy at the Roman College in Rome (1634–1637). However, his main interest was astronomy and mathematics, which he studied under the supervision of Athanasius Kircher. His request to undertake missionary work in China was eventually approved by Mutius Vitelleschi, the then Superior General of the Jesuits. He pursued his theological studies in Portugal (1637–1639) on his way to China, where he was ordained priest (1639, in Lisbon).