Relation des missions de la Nouvelle France,

Saint-Vallier, Jean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrières de, 1653-1727 · 1688 · A Paris : Chez Robert Pepie, ruë S. Jacques, à l'image S. Basile, au dessus de la fontaine S. Severin · 2 pictures

A 1688 Paris imprint, a missionary relation about New France written by Jean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier and printed by Robert Pepie for a French readership. The first picture is a heraldic bookplate with a shield, crest, and motto ribbon reading 'Gaudeo' above the owner's name, John Carter Brown. The second is a headpiece of a central vase flanked by symmetrical scrolling foliage and rosettes above the large capitals 'LETTRE', a model for classical ornament and display type borders.

Imprint 1688

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