Lot 08128

[FLEURIAU D’ ARMENONVILLE, Thomas Charles], “Nouveaux mémoires des missions de la Compagnie de Jesus, dans le Levant”.

VOLUMES I-V: Paris, Nicolas le Clerc & G. Cavelier,  1715, 1717, 1723, 1724, 1725. All at their FIRST EDITIONS in 12mo.

Vol. I: pp.135, 173, [3]. Including a rare folding map of Santorini. Loose the first blanc leaf, worn the joints.

Vol. II: Egypt. pp.125, [3]. Including a rare folding map of Egypt, 4 folding engraved plates and one full-page plate of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Detached the first sheets including the title page, the half-title, folding map and pages 1-2.

Vol III: pp.482, [2]. Armenia and the Black Sea & Ispahan. Folding map of the South-western parts of the Caspian Sea. First blanc loose, joints heavily worn.

Vol. IV: Syria and Egypt. pp.358, [8].

Vol. V: Syria & Egypt. Two folding maps – plans. Joints heavily worn.

Rare accounts compiled by the Jesuit Fleuriau d’Armenonville. The text is consisted in a series of reports on Jesuit missions to the Levant. The first volume is dealing with the reports on Greece, Constantinople and Smyrna. The text is divided in the following chapters: Constantinople (pp.3-38), Smyrna (pp.39-50), Thessaloniki & Macedonia – also short reports about Cavala, Thassos – (pp.51-59), Chios (pp.60-89), Naxos (pp.90-114) & Santorini (pp.115-173). The chapter about Santorini is the larger one, containing unique information on the life of the island and is accompanied by a rare map depicting the Santorini coasts with Nea & Palea Kameni (Νέα & Παλαιά Καμένη) islands on the center. Volumes II-V concern the broad Levant area from the shores of the Black Sea to Syria, Egypt, Armenia & Caspian Sea Area to Iran & Ispahan. Vols II & V contain the valuable descriptions of Egypt by Pere Claude Sicard.

Contemporary full calf, rubbed, worn the joints. Atabey 438, Blackmer 610.