ID 1129848
Lot 228 | Relation de ce qui s'est passe’ en La Nouvelle France, es Années 1643 & 1644
Valeur estimée
$ 10 000 – 15 000
First edition of the 13th Relation, containing the reconstructed Huron mission report which had been lost during Father Jogues's captivity. Mathieu Molé's copy. This Relation also includes the first publication of an account of the capture and mutilation of Father Francesco Bressani by the Iroquois. Bressani, who lived a while longer at the Huron missions before returning permanently to Italy, later published a longer description of his experiences in a 1653 book printed at Macerata. Bell 26; Church 472; Harrisse 83; McCoy 54; Sabin 99752.
Two parts in one, octavo (176 x 107mm). Half-title of part 2 bound before general title and letter of transmittal bound before beginning of part 1 text. Woodcut printer's device on title (toned, a few leaves with discreet marginal repairs, in one case just touching a few words, one leaf with long marginal tear). Contemporary calf gilt with arms of Mathieu Molé, spine gilt in compartments with title and his monogram (rebound neatly preserving gilt calf of the spine panel and boards, new endpapers). Provenance: Mathieu Molé, 1584-1656, French statesman (supralibros) – Library of the Augustinian Fathers of Paris (inscriptions, noting "ad usum s. M.M. Caroli Denis") – two effaced 19th/20th-century French noble bookplates.
| Artiste: | Barthélemy Vimont (1594 - 1667) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Canada, France |
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| Artiste: | Barthélemy Vimont (1594 - 1667) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Canada, France |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Livres imprimés |
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