Relation Abregee, de Quelques Missions des Peres de la Compagnie de Jesus.
Montreal. John Lovell. 1852. Hardcover. 8vo. 22cm, first French language edition, 336p., frontis plate of the original 1653 title page, 4 maps, (including 3 folding), 8 plates, text illustrations, appendices, t.e.g., bound in modern maroon cloth with new endpapers, fine (N2) T.P.L. 45. Lande 58. Gagnon I-565. Sabin 7735. The memoirs of a Jesuit missionary who served in New France from 1642 and witnessed the destruction of the Huron Missions by the Iroquois. Originally published in Italian in 1653, it has been translated into French by Father Felix Martin, a Jesuit, along with an added biography of the author, notes and illustrations. Includes period maps including a large folding map of New France (1660) and the Huron Missions from Du Creux Historiae Canadensis of 1644, with an inset of Huronia. Item #15149
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