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China – India – the Levant – America
[MONTMIGNON (Jean-Bapti…
See original version (French)
214
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China – India – the Levant – America
[MONTMIGNON (Jean-Bapti…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
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China – India – the Levant – America
[MONTMIGNON (Jean-Baptiste), abbot]
A Selection of Edifying Letters Written from the Foreign Missions; with additions, critical notes, and observations to aid in a better understanding of these letters: Preceded by a geographical overview of China, its politics, religious sects, literature, and the current state of Christianity amongst its people. Paris, Maradan; Nicolle, 1808–1809.
8 volumes in-8.
Contemporary fawn-coloured full leather with root-cut edges, smooth ornate spines, black title labels, blind-stamped borders framing the covers, leather trim, gilt fillets on the edges, yellow speckled edges. A fine copy.
Complete first edition: Volumes I to III: Missions in China – Volume IV: Missions in India, preceded by a historical account of the discovery and conquest of Hindustan, and of the first Portuguese and French settlements in that part of Asia - Volumes V and VI: Missions in the Levant, preceded by a historical account of the life of Muhammad, the religion, the character, and the conquests of this false prophet - Volumes VII and VIII: Missions in the Americas. Preceded by a historical account of the discovery of the New World, and of the first settlements by the Spaniards, the English and the French, etc.
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