Histoire du Paraguay.

by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix

€1,800 · Offered by Librairie Clavreuil

Sabin, 12130 ; De Backer Sommervogel, II, p. 1079. Édition de petit format, parue un an après l originale de l ouvrage le plus complet sur le Paraguay. Le père Charlevoix cite, à la fin de chaque volume, les pièces pour servir de preuves et d éclaircissements, dans la langue originale de chaque document, avec traduction en regard. Illustré de 7 cartes dépliantes. « Charlevoix’s last published history, his Histoire du Paraguay , became the most widely distributed of all his works, being eventually translated into English, Latin, German, and Spanish. Appearing at the precise time when the role of the Society of Jesus was being questioned in both Europe and America, it has remained the classic defense of the Jesuit administration in Paraguay » (Dict. of Canadian Biography). Exemplaire modeste. Provenance: bibliothèque de la duchesse d Ursel (ex-libris).

• Binding: Hardcover

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