ORAZI (Carlo). Brevissima notizia, o relazione di varj viagg - Lot 164

ORAZI (Carlo). Brevissima notizia, o relazione di varj viaggi, fatiche, patimenti, opere ec. nell'Imperio della Cina, ec. Del reverendo padre f. Carlo Horatii da Castorano. Livorno, Santini (Lugano, Agnelli), 1759. In-12, 79 p., paperback, gray paperback cover (small hole on f. B1). First edition of this short report "very important for the history of Christianity in China" (Cordier). Carlo Orazi (Castorano 1673 - 1755), an Italian priest and missionary who arrived in China in 1700, was vicar to Bishop Bernardino Della Chiesa, titular of the diocese of Peking. In this capacity, he was one of the main defenders of the Holy See's position on the problem of Chinese rites, and also faced several clashes with the Jesuit missionaries then operating at the Peking court (Cordier, Sinica, I, 573).