1726 1st ed CHINA ASIA Jesuit Missions Lettres Edifiantes Voyages HUGE FOLIO

A rare first edition of Jesuit missions. This 1726 printing is the first and only edition in German of an important collection of letters on Jesuit missions in the 17th- and 18th-centuries. According to Sabin,“This work which was issued in parts was, to some extent, as stated in the title, a German translation of the ‘Lettres edifiantes et curieuses’ of the Jesuit missionaries, but much additional material from manuscript sources is also included.”This one large tome features three volumes bound as one, with all 24 parts.

Item number: #2593

Price: $499

Jesuit Missions

Allerhand so lehr- als geist-reiche Brief, Schrifften und Reis-Beschreibungen, welche von denen Missionariis der Gesellschafft Jesu aus beyden Indien, und andern über Meer gelegenen Ländern, seit An 1642. biss auf das Jahr 1726, in Europa angelangt seynd

Augspurg und Grätz, In Verlag P., M., und J. Veith seel. Erben, Buchhändlern, 1726. First edition.

Details:

•Collation: Complete with all pages

o[16], [14], 116, [6], 116, [10], 116; [12], 116; [12], 120, [10], 110, [12], 124; [12], 64, [64]

oLacking all but 1 plate

•References: De Backer-S. VII, 1584,4; Sabin 91981;

•Language: German

•Binding: Vellum; tight & secure

oFront board cracked

•Size: ~13in X 8.75in (33cm x 22cm)

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