Relations des Jesuites Contenant Ce Qui S'est Passe De plus Remarquable Dans Les Missions Des Peres De La Compagnie De Jesus Dans La Nouvelle-France by JESUIT RELATIONS

Quebec. A. Cote. 1858. sm4to, 25cm, in 3 volumes, printed in double columns, in the original half dark blue green calf, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt device decorations in the panels, double crimson and black crushed morocco lables, fine pebbled grain green cloth boards, top edge stained red rest untrimmed, bookplate, a very good to fine set. (cgc). T.P.L. 71. Gagnon 1-2971. Field 1277. A reprint of all of the Jesuit Relations, including those of 1611 and 1626, as well as the annual relations published by Cramoisy between 1632 and 1672. The Jesuit Relations are the single most important source of information about the Indians of North America in the 17th Century. In many cases they are the only source. The originals are so rare that even with unlimited resources it would be unlikely to build a complete set. This is the first collected edition of these invaluable works, and was commissioned by the Dominion Government after the set in the Quebec Legislative Library was destroyed by the great fire in 1854. Gagnon reports that 1300 sets were ordered printed. It comprises the years 1611, 1626, 1632-72. And consists of 45 separate Relations, each separately paginated, with a table of contents to each volume divided into year and relations, and a general index to the whole work at the end of the third volume.