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SCELTA DI LETTERE... 12 Vols in 6. 1825-1828.

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SCELTA DI LETTERE... 12 Vols in 6. 1825-1828.
[Travel/Jesuit Missions]. SCELTA DI LETTERE EDIFICANTI SCRITTE DALLE MISSIONI STRANIERE Preceduta Da Quadri Geografici Storici, Politici, Religiosi e Letterari dei Paesi di Missione Accresciuta di un Raggiuaglio Storico Sulle Missioni Straniere di Nuove Lettere Edificanti ed Altri Scelti Pezzi. 12 Vols in 6. Milan: Ranieri Fanfani, 1825-1828. Lg 8vo. ++ Vol I: 253, [i], Errata [1]pp. ++ Vol II: 255, Errata [1] pp. ++ Vol III: 284, Errata [1] pp. ++ Vol IV: 336pp. ++ Vol V: 309pp. ++ Vol VI: 352pp. 6 plates. ++ Vol VII: 285pp. 6 plates. ++ Vol VIII: 294, 297-298, [1] pp, lacking pp295-296. ++ Vol IX: 222, [1] pp. 6 plates. ++ Vol X: 376, [4] pp. 6 plates. ++ Vol XI: 293, [i], [1] pp. 6 plates. ++ Vol XII: 252, [6] pp. ++ An Italian translation from the French edition edited by Father le Gobien (d. 1708). First edition thus. Sabin 40706, Howes L299. The letters deal with the travels of Jesuit Missionaries during the late 17th & early 18th Century to India, China, Persia, Egypt, North and South America, describing the customs, manners, and religion of these people. Important source material for the history of the Jesuit missions in Asia, Africa, and the New World. Vols XI-XII are of great value for describing and illustrating the early history and settlement of Canada (Vol XI), Central New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, with several plates showing Native Americans with missionaries. Plate of Niagara Falls appears at Vol XI, p264. 72 plates in total (67 fully hand-colored illustrations & 5 frontis folding maps with outline coloring).