One of the two or three editions, all dated 1615 and all rare, of a collection of documents in Italian, reporting on Jesuit missions in the East Indies, Goa, Cochinchina and Africa undertaken by the Jesuit Society. After a two-page letter from the printer (particularly mentioning reports from Ethiopia) come reports from the Ottoman realms, incorporating the two letters from Jerome (Girolamo or Hieronymus ) Xavier (1549-1617), grand-nephew of St Francis Xavier, the first from Goa in India (undated) and the other dated 1611. Next comes a report from Monopotapa in South Africa, one from the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa, and finally a collection of miscellaneous reports including ones from Madura in Indonesia, Cochin in southwest India , "San Tomaso" (in Madagasgar?) and the Maluku islands in Indonesia.
With a contemporary owner's inscription on the title-page (partly trimmed off) and an 18th-century(?) list of missions on an endleaf. Trimmed close to the text, often shaving the signature and catch-word, and with a small tear in 1 leaf and a couple minor stains, but still in good condition. ICCU (9 copies); Lach & Van Kley III, p. 1990; Streit V, 75; WorldCat (3 copies).