A Remarkable Source on an Overlooked Missionary in China and IndiaGiovanni Sassi (? ?). Breve saggio delle apostoliche fatiche del devotissimo servo del Signore P. Giambattista da Bormio della riformata provincia di Milano, gia missionario nella Cina. Rieti, Stamperia di Paolant Mancini e Gasp. Orsini, 1761. 4 (23 x 18 cm). 18 pp. Later stiff decorated paper wrappers. An extremely rare contemporary account of Franciscan missionary work in Asia during the mid eighteenth century. Written by Giovanni Sassi of Rieti and