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(JESUITS.) Davin, Diego; compiler.
Cartas edificantes, y curiosas escritas de
las missiones extrangeras, por algunos missioneros de la Compañia de Jesus.
13
maps, 10 plates, plus one duplicate. 16 volumes. 4to, contemporary vellum, moderate wear;
small inked “MM” stamp on verso of first title page, inked catalogue numbers on verso of
title pages, a few pencil notes, intermittent dampstaining to some volumes, worming and
repairs to volumes VIII and X, lacking the duplicate plates found in some sets; early
owner’s signature “Ortega” on some title pages.
Madrid: Viuda de Manuel Fernández, 1753-57
[2,500/3,500]
First edition in Spanish, translated from the French. Consists of letters by Jesuit missionaries
around the world, many of them in Spanish America and Asia. Of particular American
interest are volumes III (including California), VII (Mexico and South America), VIII
(Canada), X (Paraguay), XIII (South America), and XV (Lima). Borba de Moraes, page
I:162; Palau 46343; Sabin 40705.
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(JESUITS.) Izquierdo, Sebastian.
Proponese la gravissima obligacion . . . parece
que tienen de embiar los mayores numeros de operarios de la Compañía de
Jesus, que fuere posible, á las Indias Occidentales, para que se empleen en las
missiones de sus Indios.
8 leaves on 4 folded sheets. Folio, disbound; extensive repairs,
particularly along folds, unevenly trimmed; small inked “MM” stamp on second page.
[Madrid, circa 1732]
[400/600]
Reprints a 1673 Jesuit letter, and concludes with 6 paragraphs on the later growth of the
missions through 1726. Mentions the California missions. Medina apparently never saw this
publication, and describes it three times with incomplete second-hand information each time.
Medina, BHA 6558, 6559, 7199; Palau 122442. None known at auction since an 1862
Puttick & Simpson sale, and only 2 in OCLC.
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