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1783 CHINA Jesuit Voyages Missions Canada Chinese Astronomy Lettres Edifiantes

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1783 CHINA Jesuit Voyages Missions Canada Chinese Astronomy Lettres Edifiantes

The Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses is a collection of reports and letters from Jesuit missions from around the world. It is a key and important source of information for the history of Catholic missions and missionaries through the 18th-century.

This volume contains information on a variety of Jesuit missionaries and voyages including:

Memoirs of voyages in India and China

Jesuit Antoine Gaubil voyages

Known for Chinese astronomy â€“ considered the best 18th-century Chinese astronomer amongst French Jesuits

Extensive section on Chinese astronomy

Voyages of Francois Picquet in Canada

Missionary voyages of Abbe de Charvet and Francois Bourgeois in China

Jesuits in Peking, voyages of Francois dOllieres

Item number: #21973

Price: $499

GOBIEN, Charles Le

Lettres eÌdifiantes et curieuses, eÌcrites des missions eÌtrangeres.

A Paris, chez J.G Merigot, Libraire, 1783.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages;

[4], 518

2 folding charts

Provenance: Sticker â€“ Vuillod, PrÃªtre

Language: French

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)

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