Lettres edifiantes et curieuses, ecrites des missions etrangeres, par quelques missionaires de la Compagnie de Jesus. XXV. Recueil
Paris: Le Mercier & Boudet, 1741. First edition, 12mo, pp. xxxii, [8], 486, [2]; contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, morocco labels in 2, red speckled edges; ex-St. Stanislaus Novitiate House Library, Guelph, Ont. (closed in 1971) with labels and a bookplate on upper pastedown and shelf label on spine, light wear to boards, very good. Volume XXV contains letters on: Missions to Paraguay, including comment on the language of the Chiquites; Nicobar and Carnate, India; Vietnam; trials of the Missionairies to China; and the revolutions of Thamas Koulikan (Nadir Shah) of Iran. One volume of the 34-volume collection of Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents (1703-1776). "These volumes, issued regularly by the Society of Jesus, presented selections from correspondence and reports written by Jesuit missionaries then scattered around the globe" and reflected "the continued interest in France in the progress of the Jesuit missions in various parts of the world. The termination of the series reflects the suppression of the Society of Jesus by papal decree" (James Ford Bell Catalogue, L-368). Howes L 299; James Ford Bell Catalogue, L-368. Item #58184
Price: $500.00
