Author: PARISOT, PIERRE CUREL [or PéRE NORBERT and later ABBÉ PLATEL]:
Title: Memorie istoriche presentate al sommo pontefice Benedetto xiv, intoro alle missioni dell'Indie Orientale. Opera del R. Norberto Cappucino Lorenese. Three volumes in two. Lucca, Salvatore & Gian-Domenico Marescandoli, 1744.
Description: . 4to. Pp. (ii), xix, xxvi, (1), 592; 321, (1); (ii), 224. With two titles in red and black (vols i and iii). Contemporary vellum, rubbed and miscoloured, with a few small wormholes. A few small wormholes running through the first and last leaves, only affecting the margins. Occasionally some minor browning. First Italian edition, translated from the original French, anonymously published at Avignon in the same year.Père Norbert (1697-1770), which is a pseydonym for Abbé Platel, was an adventurer and became a Capuchin in 1716. This is a very detailed account of the Jesuit mission at Malabar between 1660 and 1744. It is criticizing the conduct and actions of the Jesuit throughout. Further more includes interesting information about the native Indians, their customs etc. Cf Chadenat 5259 (French ed. Lucca 1744). Cordier BS 923. Cf Sabin 55451. Streit vi, 448.

Keywords: South Asia, india, jesuit, indian, malabar, jesuit mission, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration


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