Travels of the Jesuits, into various parts of the world : compiled from their letters : now first attempted in English : intermix'd with an account of the manners, government, religion, &c. of the several nations visited by those fathers : with extracts from other travellers, and miscellaneous notes

Charles Le Gobien; John Lockman

London : Printed for John Noon, 1743.

Two octavo volumes. First English edition. [xxiv], 487, errata; [viii], 507, errata, ads. Five folding maps and a folding plate. Bound in mid 19th century 3/4 leather over marbled boards, black leather spine label. Cancels leaves to Pages 97-98 (leaf H1) and pages 393-394 (leaf Cc5). Wear to edges. Title pages mounted on linen paper. Library markings, stamps to plates. Trimmed, a few pages shaved close. Foxing and toning. Pencil marginalia. Map of Malabor lacking 2 fold sheets of 3. Bottom of to Passage of California map detached, lacking corner of map. Page 395/6 lacking.

Maps: (A Map of the Malabar and Cormandel Coasts; Passage of land to California discovered by Father Eusebio Kino; Map of Terra del Fuego .; Map of Nangasak called by the Chinese Tchangk; plate of Gin-Seng; Map of Mission of the Moxos, Peru.

"A work so entertaining and curious, that it has been translated into most of the languages of Europe" - Cox. An abridged translation of the first ten volumes of Lettres edifiantes et curieuses, ecrites des missions etrangeres. Much of the book deals with China, with additional sections about the Ottoman lands, Ethiopia, Arabia, Manila, and California. Howes L414. Cox I, p.14 (2nd ed). Hill 1031 (later ed). Sabin 40708, 40709. European Americana 743/131. Wagner Spanish Southwest 74a (note). Streeter Sale 2430