Japan, Christians tortured by fire & sentenced to execution, 1680.

[ Christians tortured by fire (chrétiens suppliciés par le feu sous le règne de l'Empereur du Japon Daifusama) ] and [ Execution of Christians announced (annonce de l'exécution des chrétiens sur l'ordre de l'Empereur du Japon Daifusama) ] by P. van der Aa, Leiden, pair of copper engraved prints printed back-to-back, published in Montanus's Ambassade Mémorable ...A L’Empereur du Japon, about 1680. Very good condition with full plate marks, set on a page of french text with text on the reverse. Size of each about 16.5 x 13.5 cms, on a page measuring 21.5 x 34 cms. Ref H5692