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[JESUIT RELATIONS]. [JESUIT RELATIONS]. The Travels of Several Learned Missioners of the Society of Jesus, into Divers Parts of the Archipelago, India, China, and America. Containing a General Description of the Most Remarkable Towns; with a Particular Account of the
Customs, Manners, and Religion of Those Several Nations, ... London, Printed for R. Gosling, 1714. Pp. (xiv), 336, index (12), adv. (4). With two folding engraved plates. Modern half calf on marbled boards, spine with five raised bands, gilt and with title label. Partly with marginal waterstaining. Foredge chipped and soiled at beginning and end. Some small wormholes, mainly in margin. A translation of 22 Jesuit letters selected from Father Le Gobien's "Lettres Édifiantes et Curieuses" (Paris 1702- ). The first ten letters deal with various parts of India, seven letters are devoted to China, two to Canada, one to South America, one to the Philippines, Japan and the Nicobar islands and finally one to Greece. The two plates belong to the letters on China; one of the Ginseng plant and the other of a Chinese inscription (on a plate given to the Jesuits at Peking in 1711 to be placed in their newly built church). Sabin 40707. De Backer-S. III, 1514.
Offered for EUR 1400.00 = appr. US$ 1965.60 by: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books - Book number: 99391
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