Relation de ce qui s'est passe en la Mission des Pères de la Compagnie de Iesus au Pays de La Nouvelle France és Années 1655 & 1656
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ID 1129857
Lot 237 | Relation de ce qui s'est passe en la Mission des Pères de la Compagnie de Iesus au Pays de La Nouvelle France és Années 1655 & 1656
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$ 5 000 – 8 000
Siebert copy of the first edition of the 25th Relation. There was no official 24th Relation, as the reports were lost in a robbery on the road from La Rochelle. An abbreviated version of the few surviving documents was printed in 1656 under the title Copie de deux lettres envoiees de la Nouvelle France. This Relation was written by Quen on behalf of Le Mercier, and describes the continued missionary efforts towards the Mohawks, as well as the Iroquois war against the Erie. Bell 52; Church 552; Howes J-106 ("b"); McCoy 98 (var.2); Sabin 67092.
Octavo (169 x 106mm). Woodcut device on title (a bit of occasional dustsoiling). Contemporary vellum, title in ink on spine. Provenance: some early underlining and annotations – Frank T. Siebert (acquired from Henry Stevens in 1952 and sold his sale, Sotheby's New York, 21 May 1999, lot 52, to:) – Joseph A. Freilich (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 10 January 2001, lot 289).
| Artist: | Jean de Quen (1603 - 1659) |
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| Place of origin: | France |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Artist: | Jean de Quen (1603 - 1659) |
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| Place of origin: | France |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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