Jesuit Relations (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. This was a wonderful collection. xiv, 419 pages. Biographical descriptions, annotations, locations and other information is provided. Two sections, the first describes Bell's collection of Jesuit Relations and the second section are Bell's books on Jesuit discovery and exploration of the areas in which they settled. The front hinge is cracked but the book remains tight.

Hardcover. thick sm4to, 24.3cm, volume one, rebound in full green linen, gilt spine titles, complete with haf title. (Qc) cf: T.P.L. 71. Gagnon 1-2971. Field 1277. A reprint of all of the Jesuit Relations, including those of 1611 and 1626, as well as the annual relations published by Cramoisy between 1632 and 1672. The Jesuit Relations are the single most important source of information about the Indians of North America in the 17th Century. In many cases they are the only source. The originals are so rare that even with unlimited resources it would be unlikely to build a complete set. This is the first collected edition of these invaluable works, and was commissioned by the Dominion Government after the set in the Quebec Legislative Library was destroyed by the great fire in 1854. Gagnon reports that 1300 sets were ordered printed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fordham University Press; 1st Edition in English (1940). NearFine Hardcover (Red cloth, Gilt lettering and stamping, Richly Illustrated endpapers, no dj). No wear just a hint of rubbing to the extremities. Clean unmarked throughout except short Gift inscription on the Half title page. Strong tight binding, perfect hinges. 10.75"x7.75"x1.6". be543711.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 73 vols. 8vo. 137 (of 138) plates (maps, views, portraits, facsimiles incl. 3 multi-page facsimile letters; some folding): lacking the map of Huronia in Vol. XXXIV. 4 text illus. untrimmed in original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut (dampstaining to lower margins, covers & spines of Vols. IX, X & LVI. dampstain to lower spines & covers of a few other volumes, last volume spine faded, 1 plate torn in half & crudely repaired - no loss, some foxing throughout). bookplate of Dr. L.E.Borden (see below). First Thwaites Edition, Limited to 750 sets. This set bears rubberstamps "Unnumbered set, bound from waste sheets, for editorial use." "A monumental editorial achievement. Contains all reports, official and unofficial, made by members of this missionary order, on their activities in North America from 1601 to 1791. In all, 238 pieces are given in their original French, Latin and Italian texts, with English translations." (Howes) Spanning the years 1632 to 1673 the relations were the regular reports sent back by the priests of the Canadian mission to their superiors in France. Not only do they record the progress of the missions in converting the Canadian aboriginals to Christianity, they are also an important source of historical information on the exploration of New France, the manners and customs of the natives, and the daily life of the French settlers. Thwaites was assisted in the compilation of the Relations by an impressive array of European and American scholars. In the introduction to his volume of Errata and Addenda, which was published in 1967, Joseph P.Donnelly highlighted some of the significant aspects of the work: "The identification of persons, even very obscure individuals, is an extremely valuable editorial contribution. The bibliographical information regarding the heuristics and provenance of material included in the series is of inestimable worth to the historianAn outstanding editorial featureis the exhaustive two-volume index". This set belonged to Dr. Lorris Elijah Borden [1877-1963], a long-standing associate of the Arctic Institute. Borden was the last surviving member of the 1903-04 Canadian Arctic Expedition in the Neptune under Captain A.P.Low, in which he took part as medical officer. This expedition constituted the first significant step towards the assertion of Canadian authority in the eastern Arctic. During that time Borden studied the diseases afflicting the Inuit and gathered a collection of carvings and other artifacts that was gifted, together with his notes and diaries, to the Public Archives of Canada in 1964 by his widow. The artifacts are now housed in the Canadian Museum of Civilization. TPL 630. Howes J-106.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 8vo, pp. [8], 316. Italic letter; large printer's device on title, floriated initials; small traces of glue at foot of first three leaves, tiny marginal stain to outer upper corner of f. 27. A fine, wide-margined copy in late sixteenth-century limp vellum; yapp edges, early title inked on spine and later gilt on morocco label, pasted stubs from a dictionary or glossary. First Italian edition of an epistolary account of the Jesuit missions from all over the early modern world, translated from Spanish. It concerns in particular the vast maritime domain of the Portuguese Empire, consisting of numerous strategical harbours on the coasts of Africa, South Asia and South America. This network was instrumental in controlling the trade of spices and precious metals, but offered also safe starting points for Catholic evangelisation. This collection of letters narrates travels to and fro and daily missionary life in Brazil, India, China, Japan and Ethiopia, providing details of the Jesuit activities, including mass conversions, as well as relevant information on local people, flora and fauna. Often, missives are sent to or from the St Paul's College of Goa, which was established about 1542 by Francis Xavier as the educational and cultural centre of the Jesuit expansion in the East, and housed the first printing press in India from 1556. These letters were highly sought after in secular Europe, often providing the only reliable information available on the political, economic, commercial and social conditions of large and increasingly important part of the globe. Not in Adams. BM STC It., 349; Alden, 562/16; Sabin, 5640; Borba de Moraes, I, 51; Cordier, Japonica, 47.

Pp. (xiv), 336, index (12), adv. (4). With two folding engraved plates. Modern half calf on marbled boards, spine with five raised bands, gilt and with title label. Partly with marginal water staining. Foredge chipped, light soiling at beginning and end. Some small wormholes, mainly in margin. The first English translation of the Jesuit letters. Consists of twenty-two letters selected from Father Le Gobien's "Lettres Édifiantes et Curieuses" (volumes 9 & 10, Paris 1711-13). The first ten letters deal with different parts of India, seven letters are devoted to China, two to Canada, one to South America, one to the Philippines, Japan and the Nicobar islands and finally one to Greece. The two plates belong to the letters on China, one of the Ginseng plant and the other of a Chinese inscription (on a plate given to the Jesuits at Peking in 1711). Sabin 40707. De Backer-S. III, 1514.

Hardcover. Volume XVII only. 12mo. pp. xxxiv, [2], 446, [13]. woodcut title vignette, ornaments & initials. contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt back (joints cracked, lacking front free-endpaper, some marginal staining to last few leaves, title bit soiled). First Edition. Pp. 287-343 contain letters from Father Sebastien Rasles (Rale) [1657-1724], missionary to the Abenakis at Norridgewock (south Madison, Maine) on the Kennebec River (October 13, 1722), and Father Pierre De La Chasse, Superior General of the missions in New France (October 29, 1724). Rasles spent thirty years, from 1693 until his death, at the Abenaki mission on the Kennebec River, and played a leading role in the Indian resistance to English expansion into the area following the Treaty of Utrecht. Rasles was killed in 1724 during a raid on Norridgewock by the New England militia. Father La Chasse's letter gives an account of his death, describing Rasles as "a martyr. sacrificed through hatred to his ministry. See TPL 258 (not including this volume). Sabin 40697. cfField 919. cfLande 472.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 26 Volumes. 12mo. complete with half-titles. 26 folding engraved maps & plans & 23 engraved plates (11 folding). 4 folding tables. woodcut ornaments. contemporary tree calf, gilt backs (minor worming to a few leaves in Vol. XVIII, marginal repairs to first 4 leaves in Vol. XIX, Vol. IV rebacked with spine mounted, few spinal extremities chipped; otherwise a very good set). Second Edition. The first edition of the relations, collected by Fathers Le Gobien, Du Halde and Patouillet, was published at Paris in thirty-four parts, from 1702 to 1776. The present edition, enlarged and corrected by l'Abbé de Querbeuf, is preferred to the original, as it is arranged systematically according to geographic region: Volumes I to V relate to the Levant, VI to IX to North and South America, X to XV to India, XVI to XXIV to China, and XXV to XXVI to India and China. The American volumes include a letter from Father Marest, describing D'Iberville's expedition to Hudson's Bay, 1694-95, where he captured Fort York, the famous Picolo letter, which contains the first descriptive account of California and which is accompanied by the third French printing of the extremely important Kino map, which effectively dispelled the long-held notion that California was an island, &c. (see JCB). Bell J72. Cordier 930. Howes L-299 (calling for 56 maps & plates). JCB II 2654. Sabin 40698. Wagner, Cartography of the Northwest Coast, 483. cfLande 472. cfTPL 258. cfWagner, Spanish Southwest 74a. cfWheat 89.

3 Volumes. large 8vo. with half-titles. text in double columns. wood-engraved headpieces & initials. folding plan. 19th century half chagrin (joints & extremities rubbed). Spanning the years 1632 to 1673 the relations were the regular reports sent back by the priests of the Canadian mission to their superiors in France. Not only do they record the progress of the missions in converting the Canadian aboriginals to christianity, they are also an important source of historical information on the exploration of New France, the manners and customs of the natives, and the daily life of the French settlers. TPL 71. Gagnon I 2971. Lande 373. Sabin 69300.