Les Voyages et Missions du Pere Alexandre de Rhodes de la compagnie de Jesus en la Chine et autres Royaumes de l’Orient.

Les Voyages et Missions du Pere Alexandre de Rhodes de la compagnie de Jesus en la Chine et autres Royaumes de l’Orient.

£100
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Les Voyages et Missions du Pere Alexandre de Rhodes de la compagnie de Jesus en la Chine et autres Royaumes de l’Orient.

Les Voyages et Missions du Pere Alexandre de Rhodes de la compagnie de Jesus en la Chine et autres Royaumes de l’Orient.

£100

ID #36250

Rhodes, Pere Alexandre de.

8vo. French text, vii, [1], 448 pp., contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards, rubbed round edges, light toning to pages, small stain on outer edge of pages 263-308 - not affecting text, shelf sticker on lower spine, remainder of removed label verso front cover, small light stain on lower margin of pages 377-379, otherwise copy in very good condition considering is age, nouvelle editions, Julien, Lanieret et Cie, Paris, 1854.

First edition of this work was published in 1653 under the title: Divers voyages et missions du père Alexandre de Rhodes de la Compagnie de Jésus en la Chine et autres royaumes de l'Orient, avec son retour en Europe par la Perse et l’Arménie .... This is a travel book written by the Jesuit Alexandre de Rhodes (1591-1660) which was republished in 1854 (this volume). In it, he narrates his voyage of 35 years from Rome to China and back and his missionary work. The main topic of this book is de Rhodes’s proselytising work and his methods of conversion, but he does describe some of the foreign lands, customs, and politics as well.

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