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6 volumes, 12mo (170 x 100 mm) of 2 nn.l., 390 pp, 1 folding map and 1 nn.l. for volume I; 2 nn.l., 476 pp, and 1 folding map for volume II; 2 nn.l., 407 pp, 1 folding map for volume III; 2 nn.l., 414 pp, 1 nn.l. and 1 folding map for volume IV; 2 nn.l., 461 pp, 1 nn.l. for volume V; 2 nn.l., 460 pp. and 3 folding maps for volume VI. Contemporary half marbled sheep, flat spines gilt.
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Sabin, 12130 ; De Backer & Sommervogel, II, p. 1079.
12mo edition, published one year after the original of the most complete work on Paraguay.
At the end of each volume, Father Charlevoix cites documents to serve as proofs and clarifications, in the original language of each document, with translations alongside. Illustrated with 7 fold-out maps.
“Charlevoix’s last published history, his Histoire du Paraguay (1756), 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).
Provenance: library of the Duchess of Ursel (bookplate)
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