Adam's Works on Paper Art & Literature 12th March 2019

79 www.adams.ie Works on Paper 12 th March 2019 246 THE FIRST NEWS FROM TIBET & CHINA, JESUIT MISSIONS 1624-26. Lettere Annue del Tibet del MDCXXVI. Et della Cina del MDCXXIV. Scritte al M.R. P. Mutio Vitelleschi, Generale della Compagnia di Giesu. Roma, Corbelletti 1628. Pp. 130, qtr morocco gilt, a little light foxing else VG. With a partial translation to English, manuscript, c. 20pp, boards, unsigned. A rare and important item, the first account of Portuguese Jesuit Father Antonio de Andrade’s travels to the kingdom of Tibet in the years 1624-1626. Andrade, who was ordained at the Portuguese colony in Goa, went with a companion to establish a mission in the Kingdom of Tibet. They were the first Europeans to cross the Himalayas from the Indian side. The second part of the book is an account of China by the Bohemian Jesuit and astronomer Wencelaus Kirwitzer who settled in China and died in Macao in 1626. PROVENANCE: THE COLLECTION OF HUGH AND ANNE IREMONGER € 2,000 - 3,000 247 MANUSCRIPTS. A COMMONPLACE BOOK COMPILED BY AUGUSTA. CLONBROCK with the usual extracts, c. 200 pp, blue cloth; a morocco backed notebook with mainly religious entries by a curate, 1824- 1847, recording his various postings, unsigned; a morocco notebook (worn) with about 20 pp of extracts, unsigned; a Confession Album, dec. green cloth, circa 1880, with entries in various hands; a ‘Promise Book’, empty; and two small notebooks with ms. recipes, 7 in all. As a collection, w.a.f. PROVENANCE: THE COLLECTION OF HUGH AND ANNE IREMONGER € 30 - 50