LE COMTE (Louis). The ceremonies of China. Anvers, Henry Thi - Lot 128

LE COMTE (Louis). The ceremonies of China. Anvers, Henry Thieullier, 1700. 102-(2) p. [Hardback]: DEZ (Jean). Ad virum nobilem. De cultu Confucii philosophi, et progenitorum apud Sinas. Antwerp, Henri Thieullier, 1700. 47-(1) p. [And]: Informationes Patrum Societatis Jesu, seu libellus supplex ad Sacram Congregationem Sancti Officii, oblatus a Patribus e societate Jesu deputatis ad informandum de controversiis sinensibus. S.l., s.n., [1700]. 35 p. Three works in one volume in-12, modern vellum, smooth spine, title in ink (unbound, snags in margin of last pamphlet, second trimmed short, qq. letters missing). 1 € 1 - Letter addressed to the Duke of Maine by the Jesuit Louis Le Comte (1655-1728) concerning the religion of the Chinese and the role of the Missionaries of the Society of Jesus in Asia. Cordier Sinica published several editions at the same date under this title. Louis Le Comte (1655-1728) was one of six mathematicians sent by Louis XIV on a religious and scientific mission to China in 1685 (Cordier Sinica, I, 387). 2- Jesuit Jean Dez (1643-1712) was the first rector of the new seminary-college founded by the Society in Strasbourg (1682-1691). An excellent preacher and skilled controversialist, he was the author of two Mémoires presented to the Congregation of the Holy Office in favor of the practice of Jesuit missionaries in the question of Chinese rites. Several editions at the same date with different paginations. (Sommervogel, III, 33). 3 - Protestation des Jésuites, à l'occasion des derniers décrets sur les affaires de Chine. From the library of the Marquis de Préaux, Château d'Oublesse, with stamp on title page. (Conlon, III, 9974).