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[HISTORY] - A Martyr in China: The Apostolic Labours of Father Giambattista da Bormio - SASSI Giovanni XVIIIth century - Giovanni Sassi, Breve saggio delle apostoliche fatiche del P. Giovanni Battista da Bormio…. Rieti, Stamperia di Paolant Mancini e Gasp. Orsini, 1761. 4to (230x180 mm); 18 pp. Later wrappers. Excellent copy. Rare biographical account of a Franciscan missionary in China, tortured and expelled before dying in 1761 in the Kingdom of Naples.