INDIA. (3). NIECAMP (NIEKAMP), J. L. Histoire de la mission Danoise dans les Indes Orientales, quo renferme en abrégé les rélations que les missionaires evangeliques en ont données, depuis l'an 1705. jusqu'à la fin de l'année 1736. Traduit de l'Allemand. Geneve (chez Henri-Albert Gosse & Comp.) 1745. 8:o. (2), (I)-XXXVI, (1)-244; (2), (1)-282, (2 blank); (2), (1)-202, (1 blank) pp. Titles printed in red and black. Contemporary vellum, somewhat worn and soiled, faded spine-labels, marbled edges. Vol. III lacks last endpaper. Last 10 leaves in vol. III partly dampstained in upper margin. Some minor foxing. Last page in vol. III with contemporary annotation. 3 volumes. Translated by Benjamin Gaudard. One of the prefaces to vol. I by Theo. Auguste Francke. An account of the Danish mission to the Tamiles with important information on Southern India and its inhabitants. First French edition. A second with altered title was published in 1747 (see Item 6306 in the present catalogue). From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
INDIA. (3). NIECAMP (NIEKAMP), J. L. Histoire de la mission Danoise dans les Indes Orientales, quo renferme en abrégé les rélations que les missionaires evangeliques en ont données, depuis l'an 1705. jusqu'à la fin de l'année 1736. Traduit de l'Allemand. Geneve (chez Henri-Albert Gosse & Comp.) 1745. 8:o. (2), (I)-XXXVI, (1)-244; (2), (1)-282, (2 blank); (2), (1)-202, (1 blank) pp. Titles printed in red and black. Contemporary vellum, somewhat worn and soiled, faded spine-labels, marbled edges. Vol. III lacks last endpaper. Last 10 leaves in vol. III partly dampstained in upper margin. Some minor foxing. Last page in vol. III with contemporary annotation. 3 volumes. Translated by Benjamin Gaudard. One of the prefaces to vol. I by Theo. Auguste Francke. An account of the Danish mission to the Tamiles with important information on Southern India and its inhabitants. First French edition. A second with altered title was published in 1747 (see Item 6306 in the present catalogue). From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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