The Mongol mission : narratives and letters of the Franciscan missionaries in Mongolia and China in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries / translated by a nun of Stanbrook Abbey ; edited, and with an introd. by Christopher Dawson
1955, First Edition. New York : Sheen and Ward. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Spine of dust-wrapper sun-toned. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #460821
Physical description; xxxix, 246 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; John of Plano Carpini. History of the Mongols.--The narrative of Brother Benedict, the Pole.--The journey of William of Rubruck.--The letters of John of Monte Corvino, Brother Peregrine, and Andrew of Perugia. Subjects; Mongols History. Missionaries Asia ; Biography. Missionaries. Mongols. Travel. Mongols History. Asia Description and travel ; Early works to 1800.
Price: €48.00