£1,197
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
presenté a Nosseigneurs les Archevesques Evesques, et deputez du clergé de France, en l'année 1695. Paris: Antoine Lambin & Simon Besnard, 1695. First edition, small 8vo, [ii], 299, [ix], inscription to endpaper 'ce livre m'a été donné par M. Gennarios, le 7th Nov. 1913, A.F.', early inscription at head of title of John Gelibrond, contemporary calf, spine gilt, upper joint cracked/splitting
Note:
This work comprises reports concerning Jesuit missions in Greece and Turkey, at Constantinople, Smyrna, Chios, Paros, Athens, Tinos, Syros, Naxos, Amorgos, Santorini and Negroponte (Evvoia). A continuation of the work appeared from 1715 to 1755 as Nouveaux mémoires des missions de la Compagnie de Jésus dans le Levant.
Rare. Only the Blackmer copy recorded at auction in the last 30 years.
Provenance:
From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.