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Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix - Histoire de l'établissement, des progrès et de la décadence du christianisme dans l'empire du Japon - 1715
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Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix - Histoire de l'établissement, des progrès et de la décadence du christianisme dans l'empire du Japon - 1715

Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761). Histoire de l'établissement, des progrès et de la décadence du christianisme dans l'empire du Japon. Rouen, Guillaume Behourt, 1715, 21 ff., 337 pp., 12 ff., 398 pp., 17 ff. 2 volumes in-12 (165x105 mm, plein veau brun, dos à nerfs richement orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge, tranches mouchetées (reliures de l'époque). Usures et épidermures sur les plats et le dos, pièces de titre et de tomaison du tome I manquantes, une déchirure p. 391 du tome II sans perte. Intérieur frais, rares rousseurs. Edition originale ; tomes I et II seuls (manque le tome III pour être complet). L'Histoire de l’établissement, des progrès et de la décadence du christianisme dans l’empire du Japon contient des notes étendues sur les manières, les coutumes et les costumes des habitants. Il aborde aussi la situation politique générale de l’Empire nippon, la topographie de l’archipel et l’histoire naturelle de la région. #japanweek

No. 94962849

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Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix - Histoire de l'établissement, des progrès et de la décadence du christianisme dans l'empire du Japon - 1715

Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix - Histoire de l'établissement, des progrès et de la décadence du christianisme dans l'empire du Japon - 1715

Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761). History of the establishment, progress and decline of Christianity in the Empire of Japan. Rouen, Guillaume Behourt, 1715, 21 ff., 337 pp., 12 ff., 398 pp., 17 ff.

2 volumes 12mo (165x105 mm, full brown calf, richly decorated spine with raised bands, title and volume labels in red morocco, speckled edges (bindings of the period). Worn and scuffed covers and spine, title and volume labels of volume I missing, a tear on page 391 of volume II without loss. Inside fresh, rare foxing.

Original edition; volumes I and II only (volume III is missing to be complete).

The History of the establishment, progress, and decline of Christianity in the Empire of Japan contains extensive notes on the manners, customs, and costumes of the inhabitants. It also addresses the general political situation of the Nippon Empire, the topography of the archipelago, and the natural history of the region.

#japanweek

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