Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 422

Price Realized: $ 570
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(JESUITS.) The Travels of Several Learned Missioners of the Society of Jesus, into Divers Parts of the Archipelago, India, China, and America. 2 folding plates showing Chinese inscription and ginseng plant. 8vo, early 20th-century 1/2 calf, some wear to extremities; opening leaves loose, blank lower margin of title excised, gilt fore-edge. With 2 leaves of bookseller's ads at end. London, 1714

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first edition in english, translated and abridged from Volumes 9 and 10 of Lettres Édifiantes . . . des Missions Étrangères, Paris, 1711-13. Consists of 22 letters, including 3 from America: Orellana on the Moxos of Peru; Marest on affairs in Hudson's Bay; and Diereville on Acadia. European Americana 714/69, Howes T334, Sabin 40707.