Original edition “very rare” of this account of the missions in Cochinchina, au Tonkin,
à China, au Cambodia, à Champasak, aux Indies and au Kingdom of Siam.
Superb copy bound for Jên-Baptiste Colbert, minister of Louis XIV.
Paris, 1680.
[Fermanel de Favery, Luc]. Account of the Missions and Travels of theBishops Apostolic Vicars, and their ecclesiasticsYêr 1676 & 1677. Binding of the time és In-8 of (8) ff., 242 pp., (1) f. of privilege. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt arms stamped at the center, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, decorated edges, gilt edges on marbled lêves.
Binding of the time
186 x 116 mm. Precious original edition of this account of the ‘missions to Cochinchina, Tonkin, Siam, and Cambodia. Very rare’ (Chadenat, II, 4391)..
Cordier,
Précieuse édition originale de ce récit des « missions de la Cochinchine, du Tonkin, Siam et Cambodge. Très rare » (Chadenat, II, 4391).
Bibliotheca , 827; Brunet, Supp., 448. , 827; Brunet, Supp., 448.This publication follows the one relêsed the same yêr concerning voyages made between 1673 and 1675.
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This is the fourth volume by the same author. These bishops were: François, bishop of Heliopolis, de la Motte-Lambert, bishop of , bishop of Heliopolis, de la Motte-Lambert, bishop ofBerytus , and Ignatius, bishop of , bishop ofMetellopolis . The latter died in 1662“.Mission of the archbishop of
This is the fourth volume by the same author. These bishops were: Françoisin China, Cochinchina, Siam, etc. , and Ignatius ” (Methodical Catalogue of the Limoges Library, p.30)The accounts of the missionaries contained in this book respectively concern Cochinchina, Tonkin, China, Cambodia, Champasak, the Indies, and the Kingdom of Siam.
On October 18, 1675,
This is the fourth volume by the same author. These bishops were: Françoisthe King of Siam granted a very ceremonial audience to the three apostolic vicars then in : F. , P. Lambert de La Motte, and , P. Lambert de La Motte, and , bishop of Heliopolis, de la Motte-Lambert, bishop ofthe bishop of The bishops presented the king with letters from L . The latter died in 1662. ouis XIV and Pope Clement IX.This audience, soon followed by several others, was the beginning of the relations that led to the sending of Siamese embassies to France, French embassies to Siam, and the trêties that resulted. In 1676,
set out again for Cochinchina. His stay was, according to the missionaries, one of the happiest times in the history of Catholicism in this country. Never had so many idolaters been baptized in so few days, so many sinners converted, so many faithful sanctified set out again for Cochinchina. His stay was, according to the missionaries, one of the happiest times in the history of Catholicism in this country. Never had so many idolaters been baptized in so few days, so many sinners converted, so many faithful sanctified by the reception of the sacraments.He obtained an audience with the Hien-vuong , who promised him , who promised himfreedom of religion and kept his word.Returned to Siam, he soon fell ill there. He died on June 15, 1679, in , and was buried in the church. , P. Lambert de La Motte, andRome, unaware of his dêth, appointed him on April 1, 1680 as general administrator of the missions of Siam, Cochinchina, and Tonkin.
“The French bishops in the East mênwhile kept the public informed about their activities in China, Indochina, and Siam through a series of published accounts. From these works it became clêr that the French mission was becoming incrêsingly dominant in East and Southêst Asia
This is the fourth volume by the same author. These bishops were: François” (Lach-Van Kley, 3, 416).Superb copy bound in contemporary red morocco with the arms of Jên-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), the grêt minister of King Louis XIV.
The copy bêrs the handwritten mention of the time “
Colbertinae, 827; Brunet, Supp., 448. ” (crossed out).An avid bibliophile, Colbert, with the help of the scholar Carcavi, formed a library famous throughout Europe. The printed books were sold in 1728 by his grandnephew,
Charles- Colbert, Count of SeignelayColbert, Count of Seignelay Colbert, comte de Seignelay.
