PIERRE DU JARRIC
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PIERRE DU JARRIC

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PIERRE DU JARRIC

Histoire des choses plus memorables advenues tant ez Indes Orientales, que autres pais de la descouverte des Portugais, en l'establissement et progrez de la foy Chréstienne et Catholique. Bordeaux: S. Millanges, 1608-1614. 3 parts in 3 volumes, 4° (222 x 154mm). Title to the second part with engraved historiated border, other titles in red and black within typographical frame, that to the third part with 'IHS' device. Full-page woodcut illustration on Sss3v of part one. Woodcut initials and ornaments. (Washed, without frontispiece to vol. I, some residual browning and staining, title to vol. I restored at lower margin and almost detached, dedication leaves with headlines shaved, Aaa1 holed affecting a few letters, quire Xxx short at margin and presumably supplied from another copy.) Polished calf gilt by Riviere, gilt inner dentelles, gilt edges. Provenance: Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832, bookplate transferred from earlier binding) -- Earl of Crawford (Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of Du Jarric's historical compilation, principally an account of Jesuit missionary work in Portuguese possessions, and long regarded as EXTREMELY RARE. Sabin writes: 'Only three complete copies of this interesting, elaborate, and valuable work appear to have occured for sale, one of which was in the curious collection of the late Robert Lang, who had written in it, "The third volume of this work is very scarce, and although the two first volumes are found amongst collections of scarce voyages, I never saw or heard of but one other copy of the third volume, which is in the library of Lord Bute at Luton'. ABPC does not record any copy selling at auction in the past three decades. Borba de Moraes I, p. 358, noting the existence of at least one copy with a frontispiece in vol. I; Brunet II, 872; Cordier Sinica 771; Cordier Japonica 260-61; Graesse II, p. 444; Sabin 35790. (3)
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