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Relation de ce qui s'est passe' en la Novvelle France en l'annee 1637, enuoyée au R. Pere Provincial de la Compagnie de Iesvs en la Prouince de France

Le Jeune, Paul, 1592-1664, Jesuits. Letters from missions (North America) · 1638 · Rouen, I. Le Boullenger · 16 pictures

A 1638 Jesuit mission report by Paul Le Jeune, printed in Rouen for the Jesuit province of France, recounting events in New France in 1637. The pictures are decorative woodcut initials, each a large letter framed by foliage, a grotesque creature, or a potted plant, giving a designer historic letterforms and ornament for display headers and drop caps.

Jesuits · Indians of North America

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