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[JESUIT SOCIETY]. 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... London: R. Gosling, 1714.
8o (191 x 118 mm). 2 engraved folding plates. Contemporary calf (light wear to spine and edges). Provenance: Eastern District (old ink stamp on title).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated and abridged from Lettres edifiantes et curieuses a Paris, 1711-13. The text consists of 22 letters, 3 are of American interest: "Abridgement of a Spanish Relation, concerning the New Mission of the Moxos, in America;" "A letter from Father Marest to Father de Lamberville, procurator of the Missions of Canada, concerning the French Settlement at Hudson's Bay... Manners and Customs of the Native Savages... ;" "Extract of an Account of the Country of Accadia, in North America..." and others. Alden & Landis 714/69; Howes T-334; Sabin 40707.
8o (191 x 118 mm). 2 engraved folding plates. Contemporary calf (light wear to spine and edges). Provenance: Eastern District (old ink stamp on title).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated and abridged from Lettres edifiantes et curieuses a Paris, 1711-13. The text consists of 22 letters, 3 are of American interest: "Abridgement of a Spanish Relation, concerning the New Mission of the Moxos, in America;" "A letter from Father Marest to Father de Lamberville, procurator of the Missions of Canada, concerning the French Settlement at Hudson's Bay... Manners and Customs of the Native Savages... ;" "Extract of an Account of the Country of Accadia, in North America..." and others. Alden & Landis 714/69; Howes T-334; Sabin 40707.
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Rebecca Starr