Relation de ce qui s'est passé en la mission des peres de la Compagnie de Iesus, en la Nouuelle France, es annees 1653 & 1654 : enuoyée au r.p. Nicolas Royon, prouincial de la prouince de France / par le r.p. François le Mercier, superieure des missions de la mesme Compagnie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Mercier, François, 1604-1690.

Contributor:

Jesuits.

Robert Dechert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Riviere & Son, binder.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Missions.

Jesuits.

Missions.

Indians of North America--Missions.

Indians of North America.

New France--Discovery and exploration.

New France.

Genre:

Fine bindings.

Penn Provenance:

Dechert, Robert (donor)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 176 pages ; 17 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Relation de ce qui s'est passé en la mission des peres de la Compagnie de Jesus

Place of Publication:

A Paris : Chez Sebastien Cramoisy, imprimeur ordinaire du roy & de la reyne, et Gabriel Cramoisy ..., 1655.

Notes:

There are six known variants of this work. For a description of each variant see McCoy, J.C. Jesuit relations, 90-95.

Signatures: pi² A-K⁸ L⁶ M².

Woodcuts: device; initials; head-pieces.

Privilege dated 22 December 1654.

Local Notes:

Binding: 19th century full brown morocco with gold-tooled triple fillet border; spine with five raised bands with gold-tooled floral designs in five panels and author and title stamped in one panel; gold-tooled turn-ins; marbled endpapers; edges gilt. Binding stamped Riviere & Son on front turn-in.

Cited in:

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 2:451

Sabin 39993

McCoy, J.C. Jesuit relations, 91

McCoy, J.C. Jesuit relations, 93

Backer-Sommervogel 5:969

Church Cat., 541

Bell Cat., 51

McCoy, 90-95 (This is a "mixed" copy in relation to McCoy)

Related Work:

Jesuits. Correspondence from North America.

OCLC:

166613754