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1838ref. 66226Lahainaluna: Press of the Mission Seminary 1838. Instructions for Missionaries Printed in Hawaii A collection of the original instructions issued to each of eight groups of Christian missionaries sent to Hawaii between 1819 and 1836 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ABCFM. It is a relatively early Lahainaluna imprint printed in an edition of 380 copies. "This work contains the Act of Incorporation of the ABCFM State of Massachusetts signed by Caleb Strong Governor and Alden Bradford Secretary of the Commonwealth 20 June 1812 together with the laws and regulations of the same body. Following this are the parting instructions given to each of the first eight companies of missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands…by Samuel Worcester Jeremiah Evarts David Greene B.B. Wisner and Rufus Anderson. A complete list of each company including the Hawaiians is found on pages 119-122.Rev. Clark's account of printing for the year ending February 28 1839 includes this work and shows a production cost of $30. The printed minutes of the 1839 General Meeting record 380 copies printed" - Forbes. The ABCFM was an interdenominational body composed primarily of New England Congregationalists and Presbyterians whose "attention.was called to the Hawaiian Islands by reports of traders and by the presence in New England of several native youth from these islands.The Protestant Christian community of New England became interested in these young Sandwich Islanders and in the possibility that they might become Christian messengers to their own people.The sending of missionaries to Hawaii followed as the next logical step" Kuykendall. This first group of missionaries sent by the ABCFM to Hawaii included two ordained ministers Hiram Bingham and Asa Thurston a physician two schoolmasters and catechists a printer a farmer; their wives and three Hawaiian youths who had been attending the Foreign Mission School in Cornwall Connecticut. In their set of instructions to this first group of missionaries the ABCFM said that it was God's ".gracious pleasure and his high command that his gospel should be preached to them the people of Hawaii; that they may be turned from darkness unto light – be baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost and taught to observe all things whatsoever he has commanded for their salvation and for his everlasting honor and praise." An important and uncommon text tracing the early history of the American Christian missionary movement and the ABCFM in Hawaii between 1819 and 1836 complete with the names of the missionaries sent by the ABCFM and the goals they were expected to achieve during their respective stays in Hawaii. Contemporary cloth-backed paper boards. Spine neatly repaired boards lightly soiled and rubbed. Light foxing some slight worming in gutter margin with minute loss to text. Very good. FORBES HAWAII 1086. Ralph S. Kuykendall The Hawaiian Kingdom Vol. 1 1778-1854: Foundation and Transformation Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press pp.102-4. hardcover books
1602In -8°, pp. 100; cartonato, tagli rossi; marca dei Gesuiti al frontespizio, iniziale xilografica. Nicolas Pimenta (1546-1614) fu mandato a Goa nel 1596, in ruolo di sovrintendente delle Indie Orientali. Questo è il suo secondo resoconto, in cui dopo aver riferito sullo stato delle sue missioni, descrive un viaggio verso Nord - a tratti avventuroso - intrapreso inizialmente con 11 compagni: nel volume si dà conto di una delle prime missioni cristiane in Bengala. Nicolas Pimenta (1546-1614) was sent to Goa in 1596, as Eastern India supervisor. This is his second report, in which he tells about his travel to North (sometimes adventurous) giving also account of one of the first Christian missions to Bengal.
1601In -8°, pp. 109, (b), cartonato, tagli rossi. Prima edizione. Francesco Pasio (1551-1612) fu il primo provinciale gesuita in Giappone, residente a Nagasaki; il libro comprende anche una lettera del vice-provinciale Pedro Gomez (1533-1600), autore del “Compendium”, ovvero un trattato di cosmologia e teologia che sarebbe diventata la prima opera a introdurre la cultura occidentale in Giappone; segue un testo di Nicolò Longobardi (1559-1654), gesuita siciliano che in Cina fu il successore di Matteo Ricci (nominato varie volte in questo testo); la quarta e ultima lettera è un resoconto di una missione presso i territori islamici del Mogol (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan). Marca dei gesuiti al frontespizio e capilettera figurati. First edition. Pasio (1551-1612) was the first Jesuit Provincial in Japan: he resided in Nagasaki; the book includes also a letter of his deputy Pedro Gomez (1533-1600), author of the “Compendium”, a cosmology and theology treaty that had to become the first work to introduce western knowledge in Japan; then a text by Nicolò Longoboardi (1559-1654), a sicilian jesuit who replace, in China, Matteo Ricci (mentioned many times in this text); the fourth and last letter is the chronicle of a mission in Islamic areas of Mughal (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan). A Jesuit mark on title page and figurative initials. Pasio (1551-1612) was the first Jesuit Provincial in Japan: he resided in Nagasaki; the book includes also a letter of his deputy Pedro Gomez (1533-1600), author of the “Compendium”, a cosmology and theology treaty that had to become the first work to introduce western knowledge in Japan; then a text by Nicolò Longoboardi (1559-1654), a sicilian jesuit who replace, in China, Matteo Ricci (mentioned many times in this text); the fourth and last letter is the chronicle of a mission in Islamic areas of Mughal (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan). A Jesuit mark on title page and figurative initials.
1841ref. PHO-2262Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1841-1842-1844-1848-1853-1854. 6 vol. in-8° de XXIX, 1 bl., 343 pp., [2] ff., Front., 6 pl. h.-t. et 1 carte dé pl. ; 467 pp., [2] ff. Font., 4 pl. h.-t. et 1 carte ; 548 pp., [1] f. Front. et 5 pl. h.-t. ; 464 pp., [2] ff. 4 pl. h.-t. ; III, 1 bl., 542, [2] pp. 4 pl. h.-t. ; 400 pp. Font. et 5 pl. h.-t. demi-basane fauve, dos à 5 faux-nerfs, p ; de t. en maroquin orange, p. de tomaison en maroquin brun, tranches mouchetées (Reliure du temps). Édition originale, bien complète du sixième volume consacré à la Californie qui manque souvent. 31 pl. gravées sur acier (complet) et 2 cartes dépliante, au Tome IV, la pl. du « Fort de Cornouailles » est reliée en frontispice du tome VI. Des rousseurs et quelques planches brunies.
