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Artus de LIONNE Lettre de Mr. l'abbé de Lionne, évêque nommé de Rosalie, vicaire apostolique de la province de Suchuen dans la Chine

Artus de LIONNE

Lettre de Mr. l'abbé de Lionne, évêque nommé de Rosalie, vicaire apostolique de la province de Suchuen dans la Chine

S.n., à Rome 1700, In-16 (8x15cm), 249pp. (2), relié.


First edition.
Binding in full speckled brown sheepskin. Back with ornate nerves. title label of brown sheepskin. Headdress partly torn off. A lack in the lower tail. A corner trimmed, 2 corners blunt. Rubbed together.
The work, written in the form of a letter to M. Charmot, Director of the Seminar of Foreign Missions, is a response to Father Le Tellier's book on Chinese ceremonies. Lioness was a Dominican and took the opportunity to defend the convictions of his order against the Jesuits. Other letters concerning the same subject are attached to the following: Letter from Madame de Lionne to the Jesuit RP, Letters from Monsieur Maigrot to Monsieur Charmot, Letter written from the province of Fokien in China, Reply to the letter of Father Goville.

160 €

Réf : 68073

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