Manuel Abbe (7 results)

ix, 288 p., ill., index 19minéralogie cm. L'Abbé Laflamme a été président de la Société Royale du Canada et recteur de l'Université Laval. Bel exemplaire de la première édition de ce manuel . Rel à dos cuir très lég. frottée (sign. d'un ancien propr. sur 5 pages en début de vol.).

Br. xv, 690 p., qq. ill., 17 cm. Exemplaire en excellent état de ce très rare manuel de géographie. De la bibliothèque du juge Philippe Ferland, ancien Président de la Commission des accidents du travail et juge à la Cour provinciale. Sa signature apposée à la page de faux-titre.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO40098404: 1894. In-8. Broché. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 638 pages. Dos très abîmé avec manques. 1er plat manquant. Cahiers détachés. Pages non coupées. Quelques pages abîmées. . . . Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. In-8, relié, 831p. Nombreuses illustrations et photos en noir et blanc ainsi qu en couleurs. Le livre est dans un état correct malgré des marques d usures. Les pages sont intacts et parfaitement lisibles.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Second Copy in inferior condition.TWO VOLUMES A Scarce book of early travel in the west. Domenech has not been granted much credence as an observer. Some plates are lifted from other sources, and the author has been criticized for his inaccuracy as an ethnologist. Still, this is an interesting narrative of travels, including much material on the Indians of the region. Wheat finds the map of interest for its marking of the Oregon Trail. "In the spring of 1846, before completing his seminary studies and when not yet twenty years of age, he left France in response to an urgent appeal for missionaries to help develop the Church in the wilds of Texas, then rapidly filling up with American and European immigration. He went first to St. Louis, where he spent two years completing his theological course, studying English and German, and gathering knowledge of missionary requirements. In May, 1848, he was assigned to duty at the new German settlement of Castroville in Texas, from which he was transferred later to Brownsville. The war with Mexico was just concluded; raiding bands of Mexicans and rangers were ravaging on both sides of the Rio Grande, while outlaws from the border States and almost equally lawless discharged soldiers filled the new towns, and hostile Indians hovered constantly in the background. A cholera epidemic added its horrors. Nevertheless, the young priest went bravely to work with such energy that he soon became an efficient power for good throughout all Southern Texas. In 1850 he visited Europe and was received by the Pope. Returning to Texas, he continued in the mission field two years longer, when he returned to France with health broken and was appointed titulary canon of Montpellier. When the French troops were dispatched to Mexico in 1861 he was selected to accompany the expedition as almoner to the army and chaplain to the Emperor Maximilian. After the return to France he devoted his remaining years to European travel, study, and writing, and the exercise of his ecclesiastical functions. In 1882-3 he again visited America" (Catholic Encyclopedia online). Original blind stamped maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Corners lightly bumped and light damage to the bottom of the spine of Volume I. Near Fine.

Hardcover. large 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 608. with half-title. 40 tinted wood-engraved plates. wood-engraved title vignette. contemporary half chagrin, all edges gilt (edges bit rubbed, some scattered moderate foxing). Domenech was a missionary in Texas and Mexico and chaplain and almoner in the service of Maximilien, Emperor of Mexico. He wrote a number of works on the American southwest and the American Indian, including a rather unfortunate treatise which seriously discredited his scholarly abilities. This particular work is based on a number of sources, including an earlier book Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico, but it is chiefly a compilation from Pacific Railroad reports, from which some of the plates were also taken. Other plates are lifted from the work of George Catlin. Parts of the text relate to Texas, New Mexico, California, Utah, Oregon, Louisiana, Minnesota, &c., with some mention of Canada. There are sections on Indian antiquities; and descriptions of the various tribes, customs, languages, religions, &c. Sabin 20555. Howes D-410. cfWagner-Camp 356:2. cfClark III 305. cfCowan p. 70. cfField 444. cfGraff 1121.

First French Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 608. Bound in original 1/2 brown morocco, AEG, some minor foxing, a very nice tight copy. Illustrated with 40 full page wood engraved plates, some tinted or in color. Sabin 20555. Howes D-410. cfWagner-Camp 356:2. cfClark III 305. cfCowan p. 70. cfField 444. cfGraff 1121. Domenech was a missionary in Texas and Mexico and chaplain and almoner in the service of Maximilien, Emperor of Mexico. He wrote a number of works on the American southwest and the American Indian, including a rather unfortunate treatise which seriously discredited his scholarly abilities. This particular work is based on a number of sources, including an earlier book Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico, but it is chiefly a compilation from Pacific Railroad reports, from which some of the plates were also taken. Other plates are lifted from the work of George Catlin. Parts of the text relate to Texas, New Mexico, California, Utah, Oregon, Louisiana, Minnesota, &c., with some mention of Canada. There are sections on Indian antiquities; and descriptions of the various tribes, customs, languages, religions, &c.