China - India - the Levant - America - Lot 214

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China - India - the Levant - America - Lot 214
China - India - the Levant - America [MONTMIGNON (Jean-Baptiste), abbot] A Selection of Edifying Letters Written from the Foreign Missions; with Additions, Critical Notes, and Observations for a Better Understanding of These Letters: Preceded by a geographical overview of China, its politics, religious sects, literature, and the current state of Christianity among its people. Paris, Maradan; Nicolle, 1808–1809. 8 volumes, in-8. Contemporary fawn-colored full leather with root-cut edges, smooth, decorated spines, black title labels, blind-stamped borders framing the covers, leather trim, gilt fillets on the edges, and speckled yellow edges. A fine copy. Complete first edition: Volumes I–III: Missions in China—Volume IV: Missions in India, preceded by a historical account of the discovery and conquest of Hindustan, and of the first Portuguese and French settlements in this region of Asia - Volumes V and VI: Missions in the Levant, preceded by a historical account of the life of Muhammad, the religion, the genius, and the conquests of this false prophet - Volumes VII and VIII: Missions in the Americas. Preceded by a historical overview of the discovery of the New World and the first settlements of the Spaniards, the English, and the French, etc.
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