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[xxii], 433, [13, table] pp. Two folding maps of the Marianes and Guam. (12mo) 16.5x8.5 cm (6½x3¼") contemporary full sheep, rebacked with original spine laid down, spine gilt, edges speckled red. First Edition.

Le Gobien was a French Jesuit and founder of the famous collection of "Lettres edifiantes et curieuses", one of the most important sources of information for the history of Catholic missions. As professor of philosophy and especially while procurator of the Franco-Chinese mission, he sought in a series of admirable papers to awaken the interest of the cultivated classes in the great work of Christianizaing Eastern Asia. The present work is a history of the Jesuit missions of the Marianas, or Ladrones, Islands, including Guam.